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brush

noun as in tool with bristles for cleaning

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noun as in fight

noun as in dense bushes; thicket

verb as in touch lightly

verb as in clean, prepare by whisking

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The wildfires that devastated Southern California, reducing entire neighborhoods to checkerboards of ash, have left behind tough questions about how to rebuild in this land of dry brush and wind.

However, according to Cal Fire, the models do not account for changes in vegetation due to recent wildfires, nor the home hardening and brush management communities have undertaken.

But not everyone in Hezbollah’s orbit was so quick to brush off their losses.

Balch, who brushes off hiring two of the game’s best race callers as just part of the job, could not compliment Denman enough.

Musk and Trump have largely brushed off such criticisms.

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What are other ways to say brush?

A brush is a brief encounter or skirmish: a brush with the law. Struggle implies vigorous bodily effort or violent exertion: a hand-to-hand struggle. Clash implies a direct and sharp collision between opposing parties, efforts, interests, etc.: a clash of opinions.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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