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Brushfire

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A large fire in a scrubland or prairie, as opposed to a forest fire, which occurs in forests.
  2. 2
    A war that arises suddenly and is limited in scope or area. attributive, figuratively

    "It may be a brushfire operation or an operation on the scale of the Korean war; it will certainly not involve the home territories of the United States and Soviet Russia as theaters of hostilities."

Etymology

From brush + fire.

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