CONFLAGRATION Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

conflagration

noun

ˌkän-flə-ˈgrā-shən

Definition of conflagration next

as in inferno

a destructive burning the historic tavern burned to the ground in a horrible conflagration

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as in hostilities

a state of armed violent struggle between states, nations, or groups what began as a skirmish over disputed territory erupted into a conflagration that swept the continent

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Examples of conflagration in a Sentence

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Recent Examples on the Web The Nobel Peace Prize this year was given to an organization that has warned of the dangers of nuclear war and South Asia remains one of the most sensitive trigger points for such a conflagration. —

Saleem H. Ali, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024 At both the Israeli and Hamas helms are veterans of decades of conflict who have survived the first 12 months of the latest regional conflagration. —

David Brennan, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2024 But the international community should have perceived the attack as a sequel to Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine: the second violent conflagration of the second Cold War. —

Ari Shavit, Foreign Affairs, 5 Oct. 2024 The Iranian missile barrage – a clear indication that the Israeli incursion into Lebanon had much more significance than just a border action – threatened to ignite a regional conflagration that the United States has been trying to suppress since last October. —

Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for conflagration

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Noun

Fortunately, firefighters were gaining an edge over the infernos as temperatures dropped.

Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
In London, late in 1940, the German bombs fall, erupting into an inferno of buildings gutted by glowing orange flame.

Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024