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conflagration

[kon-fluh-grey-shuhn]

noun

  1. a destructive fire, usually an extensive one.



conflagration

/ ˌɒԴڱəˈɡɪʃə /

noun

  1. a large destructive fire

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • conflagrative adjective
  • ˈDzԴڱˌپ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of conflagration1

First recorded in 1545–55; from Latin DzԴڱپō- (stem of DzԴڱپō ), equivalent to DzԴڱ(ܲ), past participle of DzԴڱ “to burn up”; con- ( def. ), -ate 1 ( def. ), -ion ( def. ). Latin flagr- of DzԴڱ is akin to fulgur “lٲԾԲ,” flamma ( flame ), Greek ó ( phlox )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of conflagration1

C16: from Latin DzԴڱپō, from DzԴڱ to be burnt up, from com- (intensive) + ڱ to burn; related to Latin fulgur lightning
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Synonym Study

See flame.
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The January conflagration upended their lives, destroying the homes of many students, some of whom left the school.

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How often vegetation buffers homes from igniting during urban conflagrations is still unclear, but this capacity has implications for regulations.

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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.

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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.

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While US mediators, alongside diplomatic backchannels, prevented a bigger conflagration, President Trump's offer has put Delhi in a spot.

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