The firefighters used a bulldozer to clear a firebreak in the forest to try to contain the forest fire.
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Firebreak
Synonyms for "firebreak" (2 found)
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Translations
14 translations across 9 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- tallafoc noun (area cleared of flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading)
Danish
1 entries- brandbælte noun (area cleared of flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading)
Finnish
3 entries- palokatu noun (area cleared of flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading)
- palokuja noun (area cleared of flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading)
- palolinja noun (area cleared of flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading)
Galician
2 entries- cortalumes noun (area cleared of flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading)
- devasa noun (area cleared of flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading)
German
1 entries- Brandschneise noun (area cleared of flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading)
Korean
1 entries- 방화선 noun (area cleared of flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading)
Portuguese
2 entries- aceiro noun (area cleared of flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading)
- atalhada noun (area cleared of flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading)
Spanish
2 entries- cortafuego noun (area cleared of flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading)
- cortafuegos noun (area cleared of flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading)
Welsh
1 entries- strimyn atal tân noun (area cleared of flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
When a fire does break out, it tends to burn longer and further because the natural firebreaks that might have existed from previous, smaller fires are not there.
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More than 100 provincial and municipal firefighters were brought in, with helicopters and aircraft used to drop water and fire retardant, while bulldozers were digging firebreaks.
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A mere 150 round-leaf pomaderris were thought left in the world in 2021 and now a planned firebreak in Victoria could destroy dozens of the plants.
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