firebreak

9 letters · noun · scores 2,600 in SpellHuntr

noun

a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire

Firebreak in a sentence

The firefighters used a bulldozer to clear a firebreak in the forest to try to contain the forest fire.

A mere 150 round-leaf pomaderris were thought left in the world in 2021 and now a planned firebreak in Victoria could destroy dozens of the plants.

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