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fire break

fire break is the alternative spelling of firebreak.

Meaning of firebreak

Noun

firebreak (plural firebreaks)

  1. An area cleared of all flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading across it.
    • The firefighters used a bulldozer to clear a firebreak in the forest to try to contain the forest fire.
    Synonyms:
    firetrail
  2. (figuratively) Any separating barrier.
    • That policy could consist of a statement that the declaring nation would not be the first to use nuclear weapons. This would strengthen the firebreak between the use of conventional and nuclear weapons.1984, Dietrich Schroeer, Science, Technology and the Nuclear Arms Race, page 293

Forms of fire break

pluralfire breaks

Questions about fire break

What is fire break the alternative spelling of?
Fire break is the alternative spelling of firebreak.

Words near fire break in the dictionary

  1. fire boards
  2. fire boss
  3. fire bosses
  4. fire box
  5. fire boxes
  6. fire break
  7. fire breaks
  8. fire breathing
  9. fire brick
  10. fire bricks
  11. fire brigade

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