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brush fire definition

☆ brush fire

  1. a fire in brushwood
  2. a sudden flare-up, as of a military nature, that threatens to spread or intensify unless brought under control

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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