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Firebreak

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Noun

1. firebreak, fireguard

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Firebreak

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noun
1. Also: fireguard, fire line
a strip of open land in a forest or on a prairie, to arrest the advance of a fire
2. 
a measure taken to arrest the advance of anything dangerous or harmful

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Firebreak

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noun
a strip of land cleared or plowed to stop the spread of fire, as in a forest or prairie

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Firebreak

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n.
A strip of land that has been cleared, plowed, or planted with fire-resistant vegetation to prevent a fire from spreading. Also called fireguard.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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