📚 noun • entry_id 30664
firebreak
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cortafuego • cortafuegos
An area cleared of all flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading across it.
The firefighters used a bulldozer to clear a firebreak in the forest to try to contain the forest fire.
When a fire does break out, it tends to burn longer and further because the natural firebreaks that might have existed from previous, smaller fires are not there.
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