as in fire
a destructive burning the intense heat of the raging inferno repeatedly drove back the firefighters

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Recent Examples of inferno Advertisement Attorneys in the Pasadena courthouse, which remained open near the Altadena inferno, got sick and had to leave work, according to the president of the union that represents rank-and-file prosecutors. James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025 An easing of the dangerous fire conditions may allow firefighters to finally contain the infernos, including the two largest fires; the Palisades fire, which is only 19 percent contained, and the Eaton fire, which is 45 percent contained at time of publication. Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 16 Jan. 2025 Fierce Santa Ana winds have been largely blamed for turning the fires sparked last week into infernos that leveled entire neighborhoods around the nation's second-largest city, where there has been no significant rainfall in more than eight months. Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 15 Jan. 2025 The Eaton Fire, which was 35% contained as of Tuesday morning, is the second-largest of the infernos that ignited over a 45-square-mile area of Los Angeles County. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 14 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for inferno 

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“Inferno.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inferno. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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