firestorm
or fire storm
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How to use firestorm in a sentence
The year was 1972, and a political firestorm had descended upon Miami Beach.
It has been scouring Oregon for the past two weeks and has led to atmospheric and weather changes like unpredictable winds and firestorms.
6 critical fires and complexes in the US today | Sara Kiley Watson | July 20, 2021 | Popular-ScienceHe said the altercation only caused such a firestorm because Wilson was involved, not because anything the forward did was egregious.
For some Caps fans, loving Tom Wilson is getting complicated | Scott Allen | May 14, 2021 | Washington PostAlas, the overwhelmed Smith mistakenly sent live smallpox to North Carolina in 1822, causing a small outbreak and a political firestorm.
Covid-19 showed the urgency of investing in public health. Will we listen? | J.M. Opal, Steven Opal | April 9, 2021 | Washington PostThe tweet touched off a firestorm of parent complaints, with one father writing in a Washington Post op-ed that either schools should open or teachers should give up their priority for vaccinations.
The tweet set off an Internet firestorm and was retweeted nearly 15,000 times in less than an hour.
Neil deGrasse Tyson Trolls Christians on Christmas | Ben Jacobs | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGOP staffer Elizabeth Lauten set off a firestorm after criticizing Sasha and Malia Obama.
Let’s Not Forget: We Were All Teenagers Once | Russell Saunders | December 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe now finds himself at the epic center of a firestorm having earlier been caught on camera throwing “liquids” at the police.
When I finally got a chance to read the piece in question, I was somewhat surprised by the firestorm.
The article sparked another firestorm in American and Israeli circles, with dueling accusations of betrayal and stabs-in-the-back.
British Dictionary definitions for firestorm
/ (ˈfaɪəˌstɔːm) /
an uncontrollable blaze sustained by violent winds that are drawn into the column of rising hot air over the burning area: often the result of heavy bombing
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