deadwood
Example Sentences
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Canada has all but abandoned prescribed burning—deliberate, controlled fires that clear out the deadwood and undergrowth that turn ordinary fires into monsters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Over time, carbon becomes locked in place as sediments build up and deadwood accumulates in beaver-created wetlands.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2026
He will reshape the culture, clear out the deadwood and refine the focus on competition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025
Their grazing also reduced fire hazards, as did local families collecting deadwood to burn in the winter.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 4, 2023
It was nearly dusk and a March stillness had seized everything—the trees, the rotting deadwood, the leafless vine maple, the stones littering the ground.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
