megafire

English

Etymology

mega- +‎ fire

Noun

megafire (plural megafires)

  1. A very large wildfire, typically one covering more than 100,000 acres.
    • 2015 November 20, Tim Flannery, “Climate crisis: seaweed, coffee and cement could save the planet”, in The Guardian‎:
      This increase means that almost every aspect of the Earth’s climate system is now influenced by humanity, and the consequences – droughts, heatwaves, megafires, melting glaciers and rising oceans – are now well understood.
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