fire line

noun

: firebreak

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When a wildfire threatens a community, most people don’t think to ask whether the firefighters coming to help slept enough the night before, recovered from the previous day’s shift or have enough energy left for another day on the fire line. — Julian L. Gallegos, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026 Firefighters were continuing to set up fire lines to slow its spread. — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2026 Crews were expected to cut fire lines on the north, south, and, on the northeast flank of the fire, near where the Fred Mountain Fire, and a third, the Stallion Fire, is burning north of Reno. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Eby said some residents became trapped and had to be rescued, while search-and-rescue crews continued looking behind the fire lines for anyone else who may have been caught. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for fire line

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of fire line was in 1901

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fire line

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: firebreak
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