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escape fires

escape fires is the plural of escape fire.

Meaning of escape fire

Noun

escape fire (plural escape fires)

  1. A fuel-free safe spot, consisting of burning grass as a method of defense against a forest fire.
  2. (idiomatic) An unconventional or counterintuitive solution to a difficult problem.

Questions about escape fires

What is escape fires the plural of?
Escape fires is the plural of escape fire.

Words near escape fires in the dictionary

  1. escape character
  2. escape characters
  3. escape clause
  4. escape clauses
  5. escape fire
  6. escape fires
  7. escape goat
  8. escape goats
  9. escape hatch
  10. escape hatches
  11. escape key

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