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FOREST FIRE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An uncontrolled fire in a wooded area
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("forest fire" is a kind of...):
fire (the event of something burning (often destructive))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forest fire"):
crown fire (a forest fire that advances with great speed jumping from crown to crown ahead of the ground fire)
ground fire (a forest fire that burns the humus; may not appear on the surface)
surface fire (a forest fire that burns only the surface litter and undergrowth)
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