conflagration
Americannoun
noun
Related Words
See flame.
Other Word Forms
- conflagrative adjective
Etymology
Origin of conflagration
First recorded in 1545–55; from Latin conflagrātiōn- (stem of conflagrātiō ), equivalent to conflagrāt(us), past participle of conflagrāre “to burn up”; con- ( def. ), -ate 1 ( def. ), -ion ( def. ). Latin flagr- of conflagrāre is akin to fulgur “lightning,” flamma ( flame ), Greek phlóx ( phlox )
Example Sentences
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Among the recipients were educators from Pasadena Unified’s John Muir High School, which was spared from flames but whose staff and students were deeply affected by the conflagration.
From Los Angeles Times
And Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without the World of Westeros’ conflagration, starring a dragon egg.
From Salon
An urban conflagration, which jumps from house to house through explosions of millions of embers, “is more intense than a normal wildland-urban interface fire,” Rohde said.
From Los Angeles Times
January’s conflagration produced plenty of targets for public outrage.
From Los Angeles Times
The ember cast transformed what started as a wildfire into a full-blown urban conflagration.
From Los Angeles Times
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