back fire

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[edit] Etymology

From back + fire.

[edit] Noun

back fire (plural back fires)

  1. a small, controlled fire set in the path of a larger uncontrolled fire, in order to limit the spread of the large fire by removing its fuel.

[edit] Translations

controlled fire

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