"escape fire" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-escape fire.ogg [Australia] Forms: escape fires [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} escape fire (plural escape fires)
  1. A fuel-free safe spot, consisting of burning grass as a method of defense against a forest fire. Categories (topical): Firefighting
    Sense id: en-escape_fire-en-noun-OvtE-qyn Disambiguation of Firefighting: 85 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 82 18 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 74 26
  2. (idiomatic) An unconventional or counterintuitive solution to a difficult problem. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-escape_fire-en-noun-8RamvfcU

Inflected forms

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