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firebreak [ˈfaıəbreık] N

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With the new weather conditions, a firebreak line was successfully built directly around the inactive spot fire.
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Following the dismantling of most barracks and other structures, the wide, hard-packed main firebreak and a smaller firebreak road were put to use as runways.
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A firebreak may occur naturally where there is a lack of vegetation or fuel, such as a river, lake or canyon.
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These were erected with twenty-five conventional brick-built semi-detached houses at intervals to create firebreaks.
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The back driveway was completed by military personnel as a firebreak, after a fire threatened the safety of the center.
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To halt the fire, officials decided to use a firebreak, and dynamited buildings around the existing fire.
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Some were started when firefighters, untrained in the use of dynamite, attempted to demolish buildings to create firebreaks.
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A fire can be isolated from its fuel source, for example through firebreaks or fireproof barriers.
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Since 1976, a network of fire tracks and firebreaks has been created and progressively upgraded.
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Lack of awareness of the region's historical fire ecology also led the state legislature to require firebreaks when protecting the heath hen.
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