An area cleared of all flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading across it. / (figuratively) Any separating barrier.

A performer who pretends to swallow fire. / (figuratively) A quarrelsome or belligerent person. / (US, historical) An extreme partisan for the South before the US Civil War.

Alternative spelling of firebreak

A fire, often large, that consumes a forest or woodland.

Hard to ignite; not flammable.

A substance that makes an object resistant to burning.

(colloquial) Very emotional or excited, positively or negatively, regarding something.

simple past tense and past participle of fire up

Resistant to damage from fire.

To make resistant to damage from fire.