A fire purposely lighted ahead of an advancing prairie-fire or bushfire in order to deprive it of fuel and so extinguish it. North American and Austr…
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| 释义 | the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > fire lit to control bush or forest fire (3) backfire1839 A fire purposely lighted ahead of an advancing prairie-fire or bushfire in order to deprive it of fuel and so extinguish it. North American and Austr… counter-fire1905 A fire purposely lighted in order to combat a heath or forest fire: cf. backfire, n. 1. back-burn1944 (see quot. 1944). |
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