conflagration
noun
con·fla·gra·tion
ˌkän-flə-ˈgrā-shən 
Examples of conflagration in a Sentence
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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The friction from that grinding repression ignited a conflagration in the last months of 2022 that threatened to destroy the regime.
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Forough Alaei, TIME, 13 July 2024
In 1914: Germany declared war on Russia, turning the smoldering First World War into a conflagration.
—Abigail Denault, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2024
As the Park Fire in Northern California has grown into the fifth largest wildfire in California history, firefighters were dealt a new challenge when another blaze erupted in Southern California and quickly blew up into a major conflagration, prompting mass evacuations, officials said.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 31 July 2024
The order came after multiple conflagrations and thick smoke spread across the region from the mega-fire, which is a union of several smaller blazes that have burned a total of 237,221 acres in Alberta and British Columbia.
—Jake Stern, Outside Online, 23 July 2024
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Forough Alaei, TIME, 13 July 2024
In 1914: Germany declared war on Russia, turning the smoldering First World War into a conflagration.
—Abigail Denault, The Arizona Republic, 2 Aug. 2024
As the Park Fire in Northern California has grown into the fifth largest wildfire in California history, firefighters were dealt a new challenge when another blaze erupted in Southern California and quickly blew up into a major conflagration, prompting mass evacuations, officials said.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 31 July 2024
The order came after multiple conflagrations and thick smoke spread across the region from the mega-fire, which is a union of several smaller blazes that have burned a total of 237,221 acres in Alberta and British Columbia.
—Jake Stern, Outside Online, 23 July 2024
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conflagration
noun
con·fla·gra·tion
ˌkän-flə-ˈgrā-shən
: a large disastrous fire
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