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con·fla·gra·tion
(kŏn′flə-grā′shən)n.
A large destructive fire.
[Latin cōnflagrātiō, cōnflagrātiōn-, from cōnflagrātus, past participle of cōnflagrāre, to burn up; see conflagrant.]
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conflagration
(ˌkɒnfləˈɡreɪʃən)n
a large destructive fire
[C16: from Latin conflagrātiō, from conflagrāre to be burnt up, from com- (intensive) + flagrāre to burn; related to Latin fulgur lightning]
ˈconflaˌgrative adj
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con•fla•gra•tion
(ˌkɒn fləˈgreɪ ʃən)n.
a destructive fire, usu. an extensive one.
[1545–55; < Latin conflagrātiō=conflagrā(re) to burn up]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() fire - the event of something burning (often destructive); "they lost everything in the fire" wildfire - a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration |
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conflagration
noun fire, blaze, holocaust, inferno, wildfire All the stock was destroyed in a warehouse conflagration.
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conflagration
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Translations
حَريق هائِل
požár
storbrand
tûzvész
eldsvoîi
didžiulis gaisras
liels ugunsgrēks
požiar
büyük yangın
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conflagration
n (of forest, towns) → Feuersbrunst f (geh); (of building) → Großbrand m
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conflagration
(konfləˈgreiʃən) noun a great fire. Ten people perished in the conflagration.
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