wildfire

Converse of object

• rage: When people think of raging wildfires, they worry about Bambi, not Kermit.
• ignite: Therefore, fossil charcoal provides a unique tool to assess the extent of wildfires ignited by the K/T impact.
• follow: Fire moth: this flower and moth are only found following wildfire!

Preposition: around

• globe: A financial crisis in Southeast Asia spreading like wildfire around the globe to Russia and then South America.

Adjective modifier

• large: The concepts have been adapted from Australian incident control systems ( 22 ) used at large wildfires.
• catastrophic: The threat of catastrophic wildfires seems to have become more severe.
• like: Infection followed operations almost as a matter of course and the dread scourge 'hospital gangrene ' spread from one ward to another like wildfire.
• extensive: Therefore our results show that the fossil record indicates that the impact of Chixculub did not generate sufficient thermal power to ignite extensive wildfires.
• much: In the North, there is too little controlled open burning; in the South, perhaps too much wildfire.
• major: Every summer we hear news of a major wildfire in some part of the world or other.

Modifies a noun

• risk: Public access to the countryside continues to widen and wildfire risk will increase.
• season: This year has been one of the worst western wildfire seasons in recent history.
• protection: Wildfire protection bills were introduced in the 107th Congress; however, none was enacted.
• disaster: A table is also presented which lists the most significant single fires in urban / rural wildfire disasters of Australia and California.
• condition: Brittle forests and rangelands around the state have produced wildfire conditions usually not seen until June or July.
• report: Please get in touch if you witness any other outbreaks and send us a wildfire report on your observations.

Preposition: across

• whole: He then said, " ..the beacon that has started here in Garstang can spread like wildfire across the whole of the country.
• country: This has only served to spark mass protests, which quickly spread like wildfire across the country.

Noun used with modifier

• moorland: Risk workshop report - Peak District ( moorland wildfires ) ( pdf, 317KB ).
• summer: Unlike hot summer wildfires the lichen and reptile interest is unharmed and the impact on invertebrates is minimal and short term.