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    FIRE WATCHING

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (during World War II in Britain) watching for fires started by bombs that dropped from the skyplay

    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)

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