controlled burn

noun

A wildfire or brushfire set intentionally and carefully managed for purposes of fire suppression, agriculture, ecological management, etc.

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backburnburnoffhazard reduction burnprescribed burnswailing
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Meanings

nouncontrolled burn (plural controlled burns)

plural controlled burns

  1. A wildfire or brushfire set intentionally and carefully managed for purposes of fire suppression, agriculture, ecological management, etc.

    Synonyms: backburn, burnoff, hazard reduction burn, prescribed burn, swailing

verbcontrolled burn (third-person singular simple present controlled burns, present participle controlled burning, simple past and past participle controlled burned)

present singular third person controlled burns · participle present controlled burning · participle past controlled burned · past controlled burned

  1. transitiveTo set and manage such a fire.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA wildfire or brushfire set intentionally and carefully managed for purposes of fire suppression, agriculture, ecological management, etc.

Similar
backburnburnoffhazard reduction burnprescribed burnswailing
Also see
field burningprescribed burnswailing
Cite this entry
APA

controlled burn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/controlled%20burn

MLA

“controlled burn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/controlled%20burn. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “controlled burn,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/controlled%20burn.

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