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bonfire

noun as in large prepared fire

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After the bonfire exploded in her face, Ms Morgan also recalled shivering in shock after being doused with a hose pipe before the ambulance crew arrived to treat her.

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Fireworks ban zones in Edinburgh do not fully cover areas that have seen some of the worst bonfire night trouble in recent years, it has emerged.

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At the start of the season, she risks her life one of many times to retrieve her manuscript from a bonfire, placed there by an unknown stalker.

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The crowd gathered near Mags's flat, chanting "build a bonfire and put the Haneys on the top".

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In July the issue of asbestos material made headlines after it emerged a bonfire site in Belfast contained asbestos.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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