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Meanings of conflagration in English

Russian
пожары
Portuguese
incêndio
Spanish
incendios
Catalan
incendi
Wikidata

Large and destructive fire that threatens human life, animal life, health, and/or property.

        пожары
        Portuguese
        fogo
        Spanish
        incendio

        A very intense and uncontrolled fire.

              fogo
              Synonyms
              Examples for "inferno"
              Examples for "inferno"
              1
              During all the summer and fall of 1976 China was an inferno.
              The Strength of the Strong
              2
              Of all the evil men in that inferno, Snake was the foulest.
              Merton of the Movies
              3
              The word had no meaning for him in that inferno of suffering.
              The Swindler and Other Stories
              4
              And we need not see a raging inferno in every brush fire.
              Jamaica Observer
              5
              The saloon became an inferno of drink and sweat and tobacco smoke.
              Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories
              Usage of conflagration in English
              1
              For three days the conflagration remained alone in possession of the capital.
              World's Best Histories — Volume 7: France
              2
              But time was short, and soon the conflagration would prevent any exit.
              Masked
              3
              While we have the conflagration in some of the legends, it has
              Ragnarok : the Age of Fire and Gravel
              4
              A strike on Iran would produce a conflagration in the Middle East.
              The Guardian
              5
              The conflagration spreads rapidly and lights the whole landscape and the sky.
              My Native Land / The United States: its Wonders, its Beauties, a...
              6
              The authorities feared an outbreak of flames similar to the Dayton conflagration.
              The True Story of Our National Calamity of Flood, Fire and Torna...
              7
              The conflagration must spread and soon blaze in all corners of Europe.
              New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 1, No. 1 /...
              8
              Here it was burned in a conflagration that destroyed the palace itself.
              Mosaics of Grecian History
              9
              They enjoyed the sight of the conflagration-theeffects of their own handiwork.
              Hurricane Hurry
              10
              All Montmorency turned out of doors to assist in extinguishing the conflagration.
              The Son of Clemenceau, A Novel of Modern Love and Life
              11
              A conflagration is the universal contagion, the one excitement that never palls.
              Where the Trail Divides
              12
              The conflagration was roaring up the Vicus Jugarius and Gargilia was alarmed.
              The Unwilling Vestal
              13
              They apply the match and long afterwards are terror-stricken at the conflagration.
              The Physiology of Marriage, Part 3
              14
              Bodies and souls innumerable are annually consumed in this conflagration of ribbons.
              The Abominations of Modern Society
              15
              By the light of the conflagration Thrall could see forms scurrying about.
              World of warcraft: the shattering: prelude to cataclysm
              16
              Those on the horizon gave us the notion of a distant conflagration.
              Wonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies / A His...
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              Conflagration through the time
              Conflagration across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common
              United States of America
              Less common