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backburn
backburn
English
Noun
backburn (plural backburns)
- a controlled fire, lit in the path of a wildfire, in order to deprive it of combustible material.
Verb
backburn (third-person singular simple present backburns, present participle backburning, simple past and past participle backburned)
- To light a fire for this reason.