Meaning of CONFLAGRATION
| Pronunciation: | | `kânflu'greyshun
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| | Definition: | | [n] a very intense and uncontrolled fire |
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| | Synonyms: | | inferno |
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| | See Also: | | fire, wildfire | |
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| | Definition: | | \Con`fla*gra"tion\, n. [L. conflagratio: cf. F.
conflagration.]
A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a
general burning.
Till one wide conflagration swallows all. --Pope.
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| | Related Terms: | | backfire, balefire, beacon, beacon fire, blaze, bonfire, burning ghat, campfire, cheerful fire, combustion, corposant, cozy fire, crackling fire, crematory, death fire, fen fire, fire, flame, flashing point, flicker, flickering flame, forest fire, fox fire, funeral pyre, holocaust, ignis fatuus, ignition, inferno, ingle, lambent flame, marshfire, open fire, prairie fire, pyre, raging fire, sea of flames, sheet of fire, signal beacon, smudge fire, three-alarm fire, two-alarm fire, watch fire, wildfire, witch fire |
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