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  • n  a narrow field that has been cleared to check the spread of a prairie fire or forest fire

  • The decision to push for a constitutional amendment to stem the influx of foreigners is based on the belief that reducing the number of asylum seekers will put a firebreak in the .
  • Next morning he was in Hyde Park to inspect a new firebreak in his woods, letting newshawks know that his 560-acre tract adjoining his mother's estate is not a gentleman farmer's .
  • That's because every inoculated person serves as a sort of firebreak against the virus; surround the disease with enough people who are immune to its spread, and it simply winks .
News & Articles

  • Friday, August 9, 2013 12:35 pm
    A burn ban has been issued for Gregg County and is effective immediately, according to Gregg County Judge Bill Stoudt. A single tree burns next to a firebreak in August at a pine plantation in Cass County. The photo was taken by Texas A&M Forest Service Fire Behavior Analyst Brad Smith.
    Aug. 9, 2013 - The Longview News-Journal
  • Panola County issues burn ban as temperatures hit 100 degrees
    A single tree burns next to a firebreak in August at a pine plantation in Cass County. The photo was taken by Texas A&M Forest Service Fire Behavior Analyst Brad Smith.
    Aug. 9, 2013 - The Longview News-Journal
Quotes

  • Patrick Lang in Christian Science Monitor
    It looks to me like they're trying to build a firebreak as low as possible to keep this from spreading up the chain of command,says Pat Lang, former head of Middle East intelligence at the Defense Intelligence Agency.

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