bushfire

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  An uncontrolled fire in a wooded or grassy area; a wildfire.
 * 2) * 1985, Australian House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates, House of Representatives, Weekly Hansard, Issues 4-6, |%22bushfires%22+-intitle:%22bushfire|bushfires%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22bushfire%22|%22bushfires%22+-intitle:%22bushfire|bushfires%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=rDIYT4P0NqKPiAeS7cCZCw&redir_esc=y page 1322,
 * Many homes, a great deal of property and a number of lives were lost as a result of the bushfires in this country.