prairie fire

collocation in English

meaningsofprairieandfire

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prairie
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈpreə.ri/us
/ˈprer.i/
a wide area of flat land without trees in Canada and the ...
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fire
noun
uk
/faɪər/us
/faɪr/
(material that is in) the state of burning that produces flames that send out heat and light, and might ...
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(Definition ofprairieandfirefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Like aprairiefirethe flames are spreading far and wide and turning into a conflagration.
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You must remember that news of this sort runs with the rapidity of aprairiefirethroughout the country.
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Indeed, it will be seen to be needed if this disease takes hold lake aprairiefireas some clinicians have forecast.
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Once begun, repudiation is apt to catch on like aprairiefire.
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These things grow like aprairiefire.
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During the move sparks from the tractor started a smallprairiefire, that was soon put out by the townsfolk.
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On one occasion, while riding on the prairie, her party was overtaken by a hugeprairiefire, and her horse bolted with her.
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Theprairiefirein the 19th century were devastating affairs.
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Despite blizzards, prairie fires, droughts and grasshoppers, the young village survived.
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Prairie fires in 1885 were also responsible for the destruction of the willows that the town and area were named for.
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It escaped prairie fires because of the lack of grass around the tree.
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The summer of 1886 had been unusually hot and dry, with numerous prairie fires and water sources often dried up.
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This increase is partly due to the reduction of prairie fires which used to destroy the new saplings on the fringes of the aspen groves.
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In the mid 1880s, failures of crops after three-year period of drought and prairie fires caused settlers to relocate their farms and homesteads.
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The early government formed local improvement districts (later re-organised into rural municipalities) initially to protect against prairie fires, establish roads and bridges.
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Prairie fires, hordes of grasshoppers which stripped the fields bare, hail-storms, droughts and severe blizzards were commonplace during the first decade of the churchs existence.
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This will allow a fire management program that approximates pre-settlement conditions: prairie fires sweeping into the woods at the prairie-forest border.
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Weather and prairie fires took their toll on ranchers in the area.
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As prairie dogs live in areas prone to environmental threats, including hailstorms, blizzards, and floods, as well as drought and prairie fires, burrows provide important protection for them.
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