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ˈfire·break N

firebreak

Feuerschneise f

firebreak

Brandschneise f

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Since 1976, a network of fire tracks and firebreaks has been created and progressively upgraded. en.wikipedia.org

The back driveway was completed by military personnel as a firebreak, after a fire threatened the safety of the center. en.wikipedia.org

These were erected with twenty-five conventional brick-built semi-detached houses at intervals to create firebreaks. en.wikipedia.org

Some were started when firefighters, untrained in the use of dynamite, attempted to demolish buildings to create firebreaks. en.wikipedia.org

A firebreak may occur naturally where there is a lack of vegetation or fuel, such as a river, lake or canyon. en.wikipedia.org

The area above and below the cut would be covered with a mixture of wet moss and clay as a firebreak. en.wikipedia.org

Tracks were cleared through areas overgrown with rhododendrons and firebreaks were created to prevent repetition of the 1934 fire. en.wikipedia.org

A major threat to this species is habitat fragmentation; populations have been bisected by roads, dirtbike trails, and firebreaks. en.wikipedia.org

In wildfire conditions in open country, strong winds often blows burning tumbleweeds across firebreaks, frustrating standard fire control measures. en.wikipedia.org

They also used "ballistae" for knocking down burning houses and creating firebreaks. en.wikipedia.org

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