conflagration (redirected from conflagrations)

con·fla·gra·tion  (knfl-grshn)

n.

A large destructive fire.

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[Latin cnflagrti, cnflagrtin-, from cnflagrtus, past participle of cnflagrre, to burn up; see conflagrant.]

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conflagration [ˌkɒnfləˈgreɪʃən]

n

a large destructive fire

[from Latin conflagrātiō, from conflagrāre to be burnt up, from com- (intensive) + flagrāre to burn; related to Latin fulgur lightning]

conflagrative  adj

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

conflagration - a very intense and uncontrolled fire inferno 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.

Translations

conflagration [ˌkɒnfləˈgreɪʃən] N → conflagración f, incendio m

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conflagration [ˌkɒnfləˈgreɪʃ^ən] n

(= fire) → incendie m

(fig) → conflagration f

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conflagration

n (of forest, towns) → Feuersbrunst f (geh); (of building) → Großbrand m

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conflagration [ˌkɒnfləˈgreɪʃ/ən] n (frm) → conflagrazione f

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conflagration [ˌkɒnfləˈgreɪʃ/ən] n (frm) → conflagrazione f

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conflagration

n conflagration [konfləˈgreiʃən]

a great fire Ten people perished in the conflagration. verwoestende brand حَريق هائِل голям пожар požár storbrand die Feuersbrunst μεγάλη πυρκαγιά conflagración tulemöll آتش سوزی بزرگ suurpalo incendie שׂרֵיפָה अग्नि काण्ड veliki požar tűzvész kebakaran eldsvoði conflagrazione 大火災 대 화재 didžiulis gaisras liels ugunsgrēks kebakaran besar vuurzee storbrann pożar conflagração incen­diu; foc большой пожар požiar požar požar stor brand, brandkatastrof ไฟที่ลุกไหม้ büyük yangın 大火 велика пожежа آتش زدگی đám cháy lớn 大火灾