as in fire
a destructive burning
the intense heat of the raging inferno repeatedly drove back the firefighters
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The scrutiny comes after the arrest of Jonathan Rinderknecht, who is accused of setting a smaller blaze six days earlier that authorities say sparked the larger inferno.
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2025
Eyewitnesses told authorities Sanford got out of his truck shooting at members with an assault rifle then set off an inferno as terrified members rushed to get everyone out of the building.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2025
Eyewitnesses told authorities Sanford got out of his truck shooting at members with an assault rifle then set off an inferno as terrified members rushed to get everyone out of the building.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inferno
fire
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Eddy came under fire after the op-ed published, with Angel City FC and the team's captain, center back Sarah Gorden, both denouncing the piece.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Currently, there is no data on the containment status of the fire and the cause has yet to be determined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Inferno.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inferno. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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