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crown fire
noun
- a forest fire that spreads along treetops, often at great speeds.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of crown fire1
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
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Example Sentences
The blaze lashed eagerly over the tops of the trees, the dreaded crown fire of the North Woods.
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The duty of Scouts is to jump upon a surface fire and kill it before it becomes a sly ground fire or a raving crown fire.
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The ground fire, lashed by the rising wind of the morning, had leaped off the earth and become a crown fire.
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A bad wind had sprung up, and we didn't know but that we were to have a crown fire.
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It is almost unbelievable, too, the way a crown-fire will jump.
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