Megafire
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A very large wildfire, typically one covering more than 100,000 acres.
"This increase means that almost every aspect of the Earth’s climate system is now influenced by humanity, and the consequences – droughts, heatwaves, megafires, melting glaciers and rising oceans – are now well understood."
Example
More examples"This increase means that almost every aspect of the Earth’s climate system is now influenced by humanity, and the consequences – droughts, heatwaves, megafires, melting glaciers and rising oceans – are now well understood."
Etymology
From mega- + fire.
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