wildfire
/ˈwʌɪl(d)fʌɪə/
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American sound/ˈwʌɪl(d)fʌɪə/
wildfire
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wil - dfire -> wildfire
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- ‘Prolonged dry periods and seasonal high winds in spring help create ideal conditions for wildfire to spread quickly through highly-flammable moorland undergrowth.’
- ‘Basic information such as how hot a fire burned within its perimeters seems essential to guide management actions for rehabilitating burned areas and reducing the risk of destructive wildfire.’
- ‘Reforestation is an essential step toward restoring forest areas damaged by wildfire.’
- ‘Now there's movement to reduce the risk of destructive wildfire by increasing conditions for wildfires of renewal.’
- ‘A diverse mix of nearly 400 people discussed ways to improve forest health and address wildfire risks through locally driven efforts.’
- ‘Wildfire has destroyed forests across the West.’
- ‘Tonight a massive wildfire to the northwest of Los Angeles has spread to more than 20, 000 acres.’
- ‘A different kind of threat tonight in Colorado, where a massive wildfire is spreading.’
- ‘The wildfire near Burbank, California, is spreading and about 60 homeowners have evacuated.’
- ‘In 1980, what had begun as a small controlled burn to create nesting ground for the bird turned into a massive wildfire, killing a Forest Service worker and engulfing the small village of Mack Lake.’
- ‘This is not surprising given the warm winter and early spring, said Larry McHale, West Vancouver supervisor for forestry, trails and wildfire.’
- ‘The wildfire quickly spreads, consuming the thick, dried-out vegetation and almost everything else in its path.’
- ‘A broad cross-section of the community criticised local government, fire and land management authorities at a public forum last night, for not doing enough to stem the spread of wildfire.’
- ‘The issues of ecosystem management, forest health, and wildfire dominated the work of the Center in its first few years.’
- ‘The Cedar Fire in San Diego County, which consumed almost 300, 000 acres, burned 1, 500 homes and killed 14 people, is the single worst wildfire in California history.’
- ‘Courageous ranch workers had to do their own backfiring, creating a line of burned brush so that the wildfire would not spread across it to other areas, McCullough said.’
- ‘More and more western communities surrounded by forests are responding to the threat of destructive wildfire with a wide range of economic and policy changes.’
- ‘Franklin knows that the hogan project will not solve all the problems for either the Navajo community or the overstocked forests still threatened by wildfire.’
- ‘Though fires burn quickly anyway - a 1935 wildfire in the Ocala National Forest burned 35, 000 acres in just under four hours - man wants to regulate.’
- ‘Historically, wildfire checked the spread of redcedar.’
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