controlled burning — /kəntroʊld ˈbɜnɪŋ/ (say kuhntrohld berning) noun the controlled application of fire under specified environmental conditions to a predetermined area and at a planned time, intensity and rate of spread, the object being to reduce the danger of… …
Controlled burn — Back burn redirects here. For the village in Scotland, see Backburn. An experimental burn in Canada; note the measuring equipment in front. Part of a series on W … Wikipedia
controlled burn — /kəntroʊld ˈbɜn/ (say kuhntrohld bern) noun 1. the supervised burning of hazardous flammable material, as dead wood, leaf litter, dry grass, etc., throughout an area of land to prevent bushfires. 2. an instance of such controlled burning: they… …
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Controlled Impact Demonstration — The controlled impact demonstration The Controlled Impact Demonstration (or colloquially the Crash In the Desert) was a joint project between NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aimed at acquiring data, as well as demonstrating and … Wikipedia
Controlled demolition hypothesis for the collapse of the World Trade Center — The controlled demolition hypothesis is a 9/11 conspiracy theory that claims the complete structural failure of the World Trade Center towers was not caused by the plane crash damage that occurred as part of the September 11, 2001 attacks, nor by … Wikipedia
patch burning — (PACH bur.ning) pp. The purposeful and controlled burning of a section of an ecosystem. Also: patch burning. patch burn v., n. patch burn adj. Example Citation: Dr. Samuel D. Fuhlendorf, a professor of rangeland ecology at Oklahoma State, and his … New words
control burning — /kəntroʊl ˈbɜnɪŋ/ (say kuhntrohl berning) noun → controlled burning …
prescribed burning — /prəskraɪbd ˈbɜnɪŋ/ (say pruhskruybd berning) noun → controlled burning …
Dove World Quran-burning controversy — The Dove World Quran burning controversy arose in July 2010, when Terry Jones, the pastor of the Christian Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Florida, U.S., declared he would burn 200 Qurans on the 2010 anniversary of the September 11… … Wikipedia