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brush fire(also brushfire) noun1A fire in brush or scrub.Brian was frightened when a song he was working on called 'Fire' coincided with a massive brush fire in L.A. County....- He's talking about a Malibu-area bungalow that survived a close call with a 1993 brush fire, only to end up awash in rocks and mud when the winter rains arrived months later.
- A brush fire there has broken out within the last few hours.
2A conflict, especially an armed conflict, that arises suddenly and is limited in scale or area: [as modifier]: fighting brush-fire wars...- It is not a brush fire, but a full-fledged engagement that is going to take every aspect of our leadership and our development and our intellectual might to make sure we stay ahead of.
- His combination of scientific method, confident proselytization, and field experience - as a soldier in both world wars and a journalist in Latin American brush fire wars - was convincing, and his idea gained extraordinary currency.
- How can we ensure success in repelling an invasion when our ships have to constantly stave off these little brush fires?
2.1A minor crisis.As if Finchem did not have enough problems rounding up sponsors for the regular tour, he was also facing a brush fire on his developmental tour and a potential inferno on the circuit for players 50 and older....- But it's always something with this team: a brooding Frank Thomas here, a struggling Mark Buehrle there, one brush fire or another.
- ‘If we're just putting out brush fires, we're going to get further and further behind,’ Niziolek said.
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