controlled burn
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[edit]Noun
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controlled burn (plural controlled burns)
- A wildfire or brushfire set intentionally and carefully managed for purposes of fire suppression, agriculture, ecological management, etc.
- Synonyms: backburn, burnoff, hazard reduction burn (Australia), prescribed burn, swailing
- Hyponym: moorburn (moorland)
Verb
[edit]controlled burn (third-person singular simple present controlled burns, present participle controlled burning, simple past and past participle controlled burned)
Further reading
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