"firefighting" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Etymology: From fire + fighting. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fire|fighting}} fire + fighting Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} firefighting (uncountable)
  1. Extinguishing a fire. Tags: uncountable Translations (action of extinguishing a fire): 消防 (xiāofáng) (Chinese Mandarin), tulipalon sammuttaminen (Finnish), lutte contre l’incendie [feminine] (French), Brandbekämpfung [feminine] (German), πυρόσβεση (pyrósvesi) [feminine] (Greek), múchadh dóiteáin [masculine] (Irish), smachtú dóiteáin [masculine] (Irish), 消防 (shōbō) (Japanese), 소방 (sobang) (Korean), гаснење пожар (gasnenje požar) [neuter] (Macedonian), അഗ്നിശമനം (agniśamanaṁ) (Malayalam), extinção de incêndio/incêndios [feminine] (Portuguese), пожаротуше́ние (požarotušénije) [neuter] (Russian), brandbekämpning [common-gender] (Swedish), མེ་གསོད (me gsod) (Tibetan), chữa cháy (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-firefighting-en-noun--6OqVXz6 Disambiguation of 'action of extinguishing a fire': 98 0 1
  2. The profession of being a firefighter. Tags: uncountable Translations (profession): brandweer (Afrikaans), brandweer [feminine] (Dutch), palontorjunta (Finnish), palokuntalaisuus (Finnish), כבאות (kabaút) (Hebrew), пожарникарство (požarnikarstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), brânwacht [common-gender] (West Frisian), brânwar [common-gender] (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-firefighting-en-noun-kmfFz45H Disambiguation of 'profession': 2 98 0
  3. (by extension, figuratively) Solving an urgent problem. Tags: broadly, figuratively, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fire fighting

Alternative forms

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