Bushfire

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire. Australia, New-Zealand

    "1985, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, House of Representatives, Weekly Hansard, Issues 4-6, page 1322, Many homes, a great deal of property and a number of lives were lost as a result of the bushfires in this country."

Synonyms

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forest fireforest firewildfire

Example

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"A video of an Australian woman picking up an injured koala from a bushfire was widely viewed on social media."

Etymology

From bush + fire.

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