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FIRE WATCHING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(during World War II in Britain) watching for fires started by bombs that dropped from the sky
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("fire watching" is a kind of...):
civil defense (activities organized by civilians for their own protection in time of war or disaster)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)