conflagration
noun
con·fla·gra·tion
ˌkän-flə-ˈgrā-shən 
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The treaty is the latest attempt to resolve the ten-year conflagration.
the historic tavern burned to the ground in a horrible conflagration
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Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert have ignored the conflagration that has engulfed this year’s standard-bearing #Resistance film.
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Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 19 Feb. 2025
Tallies are ongoing in the Palisades and Eaton fires, but the latest estimate is that the conflagrations seriously damaged or destroyed more than 11,100 single-family homes and more than 240 multifamily properties.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
According to the Associated Press, multiple fires erupted in southern California last week, killing at least 24 people, displacing thousands of others, and destroying more than 12,000 structures in what might be the most expensive conflagrations in the nation’s history.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 13 Jan. 2025
The apocalyptic scenes that played out — of Hollywood celebrities fleeing and clambering onto their roofs — captured the world’s attention like no urban conflagration in history.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
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Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 19 Feb. 2025
Tallies are ongoing in the Palisades and Eaton fires, but the latest estimate is that the conflagrations seriously damaged or destroyed more than 11,100 single-family homes and more than 240 multifamily properties.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025
According to the Associated Press, multiple fires erupted in southern California last week, killing at least 24 people, displacing thousands of others, and destroying more than 12,000 structures in what might be the most expensive conflagrations in the nation’s history.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 13 Jan. 2025
The apocalyptic scenes that played out — of Hollywood celebrities fleeing and clambering onto their roofs — captured the world’s attention like no urban conflagration in history.
—Jenny Jarvie, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2025
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“Conflagration.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/conflagration. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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conflagration
noun
con·fla·gra·tion
ˌkän-flə-ˈgrā-shən
: a large disastrous fire
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