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Definition of Brushfire
1. Noun. A large fire in a scrubland or prairie, as opposed to a forest fire, which happens in forests. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brushfire
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brushfire
Literary usage of Brushfire
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Creation, the Sacred Universe: The Incubation of the Phoenix by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1994)
"A Middle East war instigated by the US could end up with the US rushing
from “brushfire to brushfire”, trying to prevent a collapse of their position in a ..."
2. Defense Policy in the Reagan Administration edited by William P. Snyder, James Brown (1997)
"... could deploy quickly to trouble spots to put out brushfire wars before they
expanded—helped satisfy the needs of social strategy and coercive diplomacy. ..."
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