Definition of "bushfires" []

• Plural form of bushfire. (noun)

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• "The final round came on Australia's national day of mourning for the more than 200 people who died in bushfires around Melbourne on Feb. 7."
• ""The panel recognises the bushfires were the most significant natural disaster in Australia's history and all of those people affected were significantly affected," spokeswoman Melissa Arch said."
• "The story contains the typical features of Australia's natural trials and disasters, such as bushfires, drought, and floods, but above all it enacts the psychological drama of Stan's desire to understand the purposes of God, which "are made clear to some old women, and nuns and idiots.""