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fire⋅break

[fahyuhr-breyk]
–noun
a strip of plowed or cleared land made to check the spread of a prairie or forest fire.

Origin:
1890–95; fire + break
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fire·break   (fīr'brāk')   
n.  A strip of cleared or plowed land used to stop the spread of a fire. Also called fireguard.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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