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brushfire
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Brushfire may refer to: Brushfire Records , a record label Brushfire (comics) , a fictional supervillain Brushfire Fairytales , an album by Jack Johnson Brushfire Inc. , an advertising agency in Cedar Knolls, NJ Brush fire , a wild fire Brushfire (film) ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A large fire in a scrubland or prairie, as opposed to a forest fire, which happens in forests.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1850, from brush (n.2) + fire (n.).
Usage examples of brushfire.
West of the Deseret Sea, he could see little sign of settlement, though brushfires indicated the locations of endo tribes, which set them to drive game into convenient hunting grounds.
Throughout the afternoon, and into the evening, it became clear that the plague was spreading through Miami and the suburbs like a brushfire on a dry day.
The motto of the Truthsayers Guild burned through her mind like a brushfire, and she shuddered again.
Chambaraya as much as could a single brushfire, or an early frost below the mountains.
Sergeant Bill Phillips of the Brushfire Squad paced restlessly about the Life Emergency command post, trying to put the pieces together in his mind and impatiently waiting to get down onto the scene.
Bill Phillips of the Brushfire Squad was speaking calmly into the radio hookup with his Command Central.
The Brushfire cop reacted instinctively to the command, as he had done to that same voice so many times in the past and with such memorable results.
Frisco Brushfire cop stepped carefully to the window, risked a quick look, then tossed an unbelieving glance at his captive and went in for a closer inspection.
Although the existence of the Eugenics Wars was well-known by the twenty-third century, most citizens of the late twentieth century were not even aware of the global struggle against Khan and his fellow supermen, seeing only scattered brushfire wars and random acts of terrorism.
Laura worried that they would be ordered out of the courtroom for the night, word came through like brushfire that the jury was returning.
Santa Ana winds had come early that year, and in the hills to the north brushfires had been smoldering since the weekend.
Dokken knew how often his presence was truly required, and how many brushfires would burn themselves out without drastic intervention.
Commonwealth is being unreasonably selfish is almost a guarantee that those brushfires will indeed occur.
The plants most able to survive the brushfires became the dominant species.
The Santa Ana winds had come early that year, and in the hills to the north brushfires had been smoldering since the weekend.