wildfire
noun
any large fire in brush, forests, or open spaces that spreads rapidly and is hard to extinguish.
wildfires
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pluralof wildfire.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Thick haze turned the skies in Indonesia's Palangkaraya apocalyptic shades of yellow and orange on Thursday, reducing visibility to a few dozen metres as wildfires cause a regional air pollution crisis.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
A Greenpeace report published this month identified businesses based in Singapore and Malaysia which are linked to plots of land in Indonesia where wildfires are burning.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026
In addition, a 10-year bond issued by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power during the January 2025 wildfires paid a yield of 3.67%, up from 2.62% a month earlier, according to Nuveen data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
Paul, his wife Lauren, their daughter Story Annabelle, and their son, Ryden Caspain, relocated from Los Angeles to Paris in 2025, following the devastating California wildfires.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
They were linked together the same way an invisible web connected pollution to wildfires, wildfires to melting ice caps, melting ice caps to rising sea levels, rising sea levels to storm surges.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
