brush fire

Noun

Meaning

an uncontrolled fire that consumes brush and shrubs and bushes

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

brush-fire

Synonyms

fire inferno heat combustion flame bonfire blaze conflagration firestorm wildfire forest fire crown fire hill fire bush fires flame body

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Antonyms

lake hurricane loch adam aqua chaser

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Hypernyms

fire

Examples

And yet Rhode Island gets the same number of Senators as a Californian brush fire. Source: Internet

A brush fire triggered by a burning car blackened 120 acres northwest of Corona and is 15 percent contained, according to the latest numbers released by Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department officials. Source: Internet

A brush fire spread over open terrain on the grounds of Camp Pendleton earlier this afternoon. Source: Internet

Firefighters are responding to a four-alarm brush fire in the marsh of Kellogg Street in Suisun City. Source: Internet

The Glass Fire, which began as a 20-acre brush fire near Deer Park, could spread further by winds that are expected throughout the day, Cal Fire said. Source: Internet

Hammon says a brush fire on S. Henry Creek Road near the Blackhawk water tower broke out around 1 a.m. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

brush deer brush discharge brush down brush for cleaning brush for the hair brush hook