Megafire

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

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"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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