brush fire

collocation in English

meaningsofbrushandfire

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brush
noun
uk
/brʌʃ/us
/brʌʃ/
an object with short pieces of stiff hair, plastic, or wire attached to a base or handle, used for cleaning, arranging your hair, ...
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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 ofbrushandfirefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In certain instances there may be localbrushfiresituations.
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We plan to have a "fire brigade" to deal with thebrushfiretype of war.
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Thebrushfireconcept of strategy is less in evidence than it used to be.
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Along the way, they survive a dangerousbrushfire.
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The escaping gas ignited, starting a smallbrushfire.
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Brushfireburned 1124 acres of pine lands.
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This readiness and capability to aid our friends and allies is usually referred to as "brushfirepolicy".
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We may also find that what started out as a smallbrushfirewar might turn into something very different.
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That is the lesson of the "brushfire" incidents which we have had, each of which has been a combined operation in practice.
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What is called the "brushfire" rôle is important—the rôle of trying to stop small or incipient wars before they develop.
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These forecasts are used by federal and local agencies that deal withbrushfirecontrol.
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Flames reached 100 feet high, and caused a 10 acrebrushfire.
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The latter crashed in flames, starting abrushfirewhere it fell.
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Most brachychiton species do not survive a strong grass orbrushfire.
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Some microscopic charcoal was found, but it could have resulted from a naturalbrushfire.
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After a 1988brushfireit was exposed, and students repainted it.
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Today that area houses thebrushfiretruck, offices, and a day room/class room.
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The lead element soon became separated from the main body of the squad by abrushfire.
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Seventeen years later in 1949 anotherbrushfirecaused the complete destruction of one building and damage to two others.
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Any sort of suddenbrushfireoperation may crop up and must be tackled immediately if we are to put it out before it develops into something very much bigger.
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When an approachingbrushfireseparated them, he went back to her burrow in the morning only to find her dead from a predator attack.
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The first was in 1932 when embers from a nearbybrushfirewere blown towards the backlot causing four movie sets to be destroyed and over $100,000 damage.
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