Sentence examples for fire to clear from inspiring English sources

On March 13th, Qaddafi's men blew through it, with jet fighters dropping bombs and then laying down fire to clear the path.

Six United States warships were also present, but the Confederates laid down a strong fire to clear the decks of the Harriet Lane, and Magruder's men climbed aboard, forcing the crew to surrender.

When humans arrived 1,000 years ago from other South Pacific islands, they used fire to clear the forests, starting an erosion of the kiwi's habitat that gathered speed over time.

Malagasy farmers continue to use fire to clear out agricultural land and pasture for livestock, promoting grass growth while inhibiting forest regeneration.

A small, square-jawed, 66-year-old farmer named Somphone (some Lao farmers do not use surnames) had set the fire to clear his land for rice planting, then fled.

Some farmers use fire to clear land for plantations, and swampy forests converted to stands of oil palm trees become more prone to burning.

But foresters have learned that forests need fires to clear out the brush and even to get seeds to germinate.

"This type of forest relied on frequent small fires to clear out the understory and allow new trees to grow.

Decades before the practice of prescribed burning became a national standard, he said, the state Forest Fire Service was setting controlled fires to clear the forest of underbrush.

These data are interpreted as the use of frequent, low severity, human-caused fires to clear the croplands from encroaching rainforest vegetation.

Many of those companies have denied any involvement and have accused the local farmers of starting the fires to clear the land.