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inferno

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of inferno

a destructive burning

  • the intense heat of the raging inferno repeatedly drove back the firefighters
Synonyms of inferno

conflagration, fire, holocaust
Words Related to inferno

blaze, flare-up

backfire, bonfire, brush fire, campfire, forest fire, wildfire

arson

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