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conflagration
[kon-fluh-grey-shuhn]
noun
a destructive fire, usually an extensive one.
conflagration
/ ˌɒԴڱəˈɡɪʃə /
noun
a large destructive fire
Other 51Թ Forms
- conflagrative adjective
- ˈDzԴڱˌپ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of conflagration1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of conflagration1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The January conflagration upended their lives, destroying the homes of many students, some of whom left the school.
How often vegetation buffers homes from igniting during urban conflagrations is still unclear, but this capacity has implications for regulations.
Instead, they described the night as pure chaos, struggling to keep ahead of a fire that quickly turned into a major urban conflagration, driven by erratic, hurricane-force winds that grounded aircraft early in the firefight.
That letter, he wrote, also requested that both companies develop “robust emergency response plans — based on a ‘catastrophic worst-case scenario’ involving full facility conflagration” for the county and other relevant agencies to review.
While US mediators, alongside diplomatic backchannels, prevented a bigger conflagration, President Trump's offer has put Delhi in a spot.
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