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firebreak definition

fire·break (-brāk′)

noun

a strip of land cleared or plowed to stop the spread of fire, as in a forest or prairie

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