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conflagration

Noun

IPA /ˌkɒnfləˈɡreɪʃn/

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Meaning in plain English

A very large, destructive fire that spreads across buildings or land.

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conflagration/ˌkɒnfləˈɡreɪʃn/

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A fire begins
Flames spread across many buildings
A large area is badly damaged

A conflagration is a major destructive fire, not a small controlled flame.

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The documentary showed how one spark led to a devastating conflagration.
The engineering students studied why the warehouse conflagration spread so quickly.

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conflagration — A very large, destructive fire that spreads across buildings or land.

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A very large, destructive fire that spreads across buildings or land.

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Word origin

From Latin conflagratio, related to flagrare, meaning to blaze.

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Conflagration is countable, so you can say a conflagration or several conflagrations.

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