Deborah Tannen

Mothers subject their daughters to a level of scrutiny people usually reserve for themselves. A mother's gaze is like a magnifying glass held between the sun's rays and kindling. It concentrates the rays of imperfection on her daughter's yearning for approval. The result can be a conflagration - whoosh.

American Sociologist

Bill Viola

The world is fine and everything is normal and then, bang, you just get bowled over by the wrathful deities somehow. That happens in very small ways and happens in very large ways when you have a major conflagration in the world. It's another cycle of existence of human beings.

American Artist

Nigel Hamilton

The story of FDR as U.S. Commander in Chief is a heroic war story of a president who had already overcome great adversity in facing polio but who went on to take the reins of our armed forces in the greatest conflagration in human history - on our behalf.

British Author

Carl Jung

The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.

Swiss Psychologist

Paul Keating

The First World War not only destroyed European civilisation and the empires at its heart; its aftermath led to a second conflagration, the Second World War, which divided the continent until the end of the century.

Australian Politician

John Piper

You do the hundreds of things that a Christward heart does in the hope that God will put a match to those little sparks to cause it to become a conflagration in a community or in a nation.

American Clergyman

The term 'conflagration' implies a fire is unusually large and severe, more than 'fire' or 'blaze'.

Severity Scale

'Conflagration' denotes extensive destruction, highlighting the damage more than the fire itself.

Destructive Connotation

Can be used metaphorically to describe something that spreads fast and impacts many, like a viral video.

Metaphoric Use

Used to emphasize the intensity and danger of non-fire related situations, often societal.

Intensity and Danger

When used figuratively, it isn't about actual flames, but about 'fiery' and volatile situations.

Beyond Literal Fire

It can exaggerate the seriousness of conflicts or issues, making them seem more dire.

Hyperbolic Expression

 We can see collisions of entire galaxies and watch the bursts of star formation, that result from the sudden conflagration of all that cosmic hydrogen. And we can see that these collisions are happening less and less. The expansion of the universe isn't slowing down anymore. A few billion years ago, it started speeding up.

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 three finalists for the position of a music director in California the search director committee chairman simply said to me I'm sorry you just don't look like what our audience expects the conductor to look like we can't give you this job I know so to be honest after this kind of conflagration of rage burning inside

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 principle you you there would be a nuclear conflagration about to hit us and if you get under your desk things would be okay I didn't do all that well in psychiatry and medical school but I was interested

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 conflagration going on here Dundee is growling zombies hissing that's tündi we're looking at and you can see that from her mangled yeah

Conflagration

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