backburns

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A form of backburn — A controlled burn, lit in the path of a wildfire, in order to deprive it of combustible material.

Scrabble 19

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of backburn
verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of backburn
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