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bush fire

noun [C]
 
 

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› a fire burning in the bush (= a wild area of land) that is difficult to control and sometimes spreads quicklyFire and flameFire service
(Definition of bush fire noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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