Grassfire

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fire burning over grass or grassland.

    "FIREFIGHTERS have controlled a grassfire which threatened houses in a heavily populated area in Melbourne's south."

  2. 2
    an uncontrolled fire in a grassy area wordnet

Synonyms

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prairie fire

Example

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"Firefighters are struggling to control a large grassfire 200 kilometers west of Dallas. The fire has already blackened 800,960 hectares of grassland. Similar fires in the past week have destroyed two small towns and charred pastures and grasslands in neighboring New Mexico and Oklahoma as well as Texas."

Etymology

From grass + fire.

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