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
The streamer will also be on stage for a panel about Paul Greengrass’ The Lost Bus, in which a wayward school bus driver and a dedicated school teacher battle to save 22 children from a terrifying inferno.
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The Deadline Team, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
The two fires combined into an inferno following months of drought amid a winter nearly devoid of snow.
—Colleen Slevin, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
The rain, along with a phalanx of firefighters, wasn’t enough to stop the inferno that resulted.
—Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
To the north, firefighters have had more luck against the Zogg Fire, a similarly fast-moving inferno that has killed four people.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
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The Deadline Team, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
The two fires combined into an inferno following months of drought amid a winter nearly devoid of snow.
—Colleen Slevin, Twin Cities, 24 Sep. 2025
The rain, along with a phalanx of firefighters, wasn’t enough to stop the inferno that resulted.
—Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
To the north, firefighters have had more luck against the Zogg Fire, a similarly fast-moving inferno that has killed four people.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for inferno
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inferno
fire
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Then the 23-year-old's plane suddenly dove straight into the ground and caught on fire.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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The film recreates the circumstances that surrounded Hind Rajab’s actual killing in January 2024, in which Red Crescent volunteers struggled to send an ambulance to rescue the child, who was trapped under fire in Gaza.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Inferno.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inferno. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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