as in campfire
a large outdoor fire
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Recent Examples of bonfire
In the late 1800s, the Mountain House Hotel owners created a manmade version of Firefall by pushing a bonfire off Glacier Point’s edge in a ploy to attract tourism.
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Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
Sounds of gunfire had faded; there were no new bonfires.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
And in some residential complexes during blackouts, neighbors gather in the courtyards to cook food together on a bonfire and socialize.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026
In Iran’s capital, Tehran, witnesses said recent mornings showed no new signs of bonfires lit the night before or debris in the streets.
—Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
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Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 18 Jan. 2026
Sounds of gunfire had faded; there were no new bonfires.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
And in some residential complexes during blackouts, neighbors gather in the courtyards to cook food together on a bonfire and socialize.
—Daria Tarasova-Markina, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026
In Iran’s capital, Tehran, witnesses said recent mornings showed no new signs of bonfires lit the night before or debris in the streets.
—Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bonfire
Noun
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Their savior, a late-40s man travelling alone, welcomed them to join him at his campfire.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
3 Feb. 2026
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Those sentiments are shared by San Diego Symphony President and CEO Martha Gilmer, who playfully invoked a children’s campfire music favorite known to several generations of Girl Scouts.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Finding human fingerprints on disasters The study, confirming what had been widely suspected, brings the first scientific assessment of global warming’s role in intensifying some of the most serious wildfire emergencies to grip Chile and Argentina in years.—
Isabel Debre,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Pratt’s book traces his infamous career as a reality television star and more recent turn — after losing his house a year ago in the Palisades wildfire — as a high-profile critic of state and local government officials.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
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Tengden said the aircraft is designed for reconnaissance, precision strikes, communications relay, emergency rescue, and forest fire prevention.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Dec. 2025
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The forest fire sequence is a good example.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Bonfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bonfire. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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