Bushfire
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Bushfire is a noun meaning (Australia, New Zealand) An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.
Meaning
(Australia, New Zealand) An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.
Example Sentences
It should also be kept in mind that often bushfires start and move quickly and the information relating to their location and activity may take some time to assemble and make available.
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.
The Black Saturday bushfires were a series of apocalyptic blazes that burned on – and for some weeks after – Saturday, 7 February 2009. As a result of the bushfires, 173 people died. It was the nation′s largest loss of life from a bushfire event, and 414 people were injured.
Word Forms
- bushfires
- bush fire
Synonyms for bushfire
Depending on context, synonyms include wildfire.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fires, wildfires, wildfire, grassfire, backburn, bushfighting.
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