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bushfire
noun[ C ]
(alsobush fire)uk /ˈbʊʃ.faɪər/ us /ˈbʊʃ.faɪr/
a fire burning in the bush(= a wild area of land) that is difficult to control and sometimes spreads quickly: 林区大火
Eight people died as bushfires swept southern Australia.丛林大火席卷澳大利亚南部，造成8人死亡。
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something that spreads very quickly and is difficult to control, and usually causes a lot of damage:
The court's ruling was a spark that started a bush fire.
Today has been horrifically hot, there's a bushfire very close and the whole city smells of burning.
A tourist appeared in court accused of starting a bush fire with a cigarette.
Since his confession, the scandal has spread like a bushfire through the party.
There is a growing list of banks burnt out by the wild bushfire of the global liquidity crisis.
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