megafire
megafire noun: a very large wildfire, typically one covering more than 100,000 acres.
Noun
megafire (plural megafires)
- A very large wildfire, typically one covering more than 100,000 acres.
- This increase means that almost every aspect of the Earth’s climate system is now influenced by humanity, and the consequences – droughts, heatwaves, megafires, melting glaciers and rising oceans – are now well understood.2015 November 20, Tim Flannery, “Climate crisis: seaweed, coffee and cement could save the planet”, in The Guardian
- There remains much that can be done to limit the damage to come, to brace against the coming megafires and superstorms and save lives and hold onto a thriving civilization.2020 September 22, John Branch, Brad Plumer, “Climate Disruption Is Now Locked In”, in New York Times
Forms of megafire
| plural | megafires |
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Origin of megafire
From mega- + fire.
Questions about megafire
- What does megafire mean?
- Megafire means a very large wildfire, typically one covering more than 100,000 acres.
- What part of speech is megafire?
- Megafire is a noun.
- What is the plural of megafire?
- The plural of megafire is megafires.
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