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
He says: "We repeatedly found seedlings and adults with juvenile root structures near decaying logs, not scattered randomly in the forest. That recurring pattern inspired us to test whether deadwood fungi fuel orchid beginnings."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2025
He will reshape the culture, clear out the deadwood and refine the focus on competition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2025
West: A century of firefighting, elimination of Indigenous burning, logging of large fire-resistant trees, and other management practices that allowed small trees, undergrowth and deadwood to choke forests.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
He sets to work pruning the deadwood like a sculptor.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
