Conflagration
noun
A large destructive fire that causes a lot of damage.
The conflagration quickly spread throughout the entire building.
Often appears as...
- deadly conflagration
- massive conflagration
noun
An intense and dangerous situation that is often violent.
The city was caught in a conflagration of civil unrest and chaos.
Often appears as...
- political conflagration
- social conflagration
noun
A large destructive fire that causes a lot of damage.
The conflagration quickly spread throughout the entire building.
Often appears as...
- deadly conflagration
- massive conflagration
noun
An intense and dangerous situation that is often violent.
The city was caught in a conflagration of civil unrest and chaos.
Often appears as...
- political conflagration
- social conflagration
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Severity Scale
The term 'conflagration' implies a fire is unusually large and severe, more than 'fire' or 'blaze'.
Only a conflagration could have reduced the whole forest to ashes overnight.
Pro Tip 2/3Destructive Connotation
'Conflagration' denotes extensive destruction, highlighting the damage more than the fire itself.
The warehouse's conflagration left the company in ruins.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Use
Can be used metaphorically to describe something that spreads fast and impacts many, like a viral video.
The meme sparked a conflagration of laughter across the internet.
Pro Tip 1/3Severity Scale
The term 'conflagration' implies a fire is unusually large and severe, more than 'fire' or 'blaze'.
Only a conflagration could have reduced the whole forest to ashes overnight.
Pro Tip 2/3Destructive Connotation
'Conflagration' denotes extensive destruction, highlighting the damage more than the fire itself.
The warehouse's conflagration left the company in ruins.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Use
Can be used metaphorically to describe something that spreads fast and impacts many, like a viral video.
The meme sparked a conflagration of laughter across the internet.
Pro Tip 1/3Severity Scale
The term 'conflagration' implies a fire is unusually large and severe, more than 'fire' or 'blaze'.
Only a conflagration could have reduced the whole forest to ashes overnight.
Pro Tip 2/3Destructive Connotation
'Conflagration' denotes extensive destruction, highlighting the damage more than the fire itself.
The warehouse's conflagration left the company in ruins.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphoric Use
Can be used metaphorically to describe something that spreads fast and impacts many, like a viral video.
The meme sparked a conflagration of laughter across the internet.
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Video examples
Katie Mack: The death of...
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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How to bring classical...
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
Video examples
Surviving a nuclear...
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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Safari Live - Day 348 PIPE...
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
Video examples
Katie Mack: The death of...
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.
Video examples
How to bring classical...
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
Video examples
Surviving a nuclear...
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
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 348 PIPE...
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
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Quote examples
Deborah Tannen
American Sociologist
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.
Quote examples
Bill Viola
American Artist
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.
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Nigel Hamilton
British Author
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.
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Carl Jung
Swiss Psychologist
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.
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Paul Keating
Australian Politician
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.
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John Piper
American Clergyman
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.
Quote examples
Deborah Tannen
American Sociologist
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.
Quote examples
Bill Viola
American Artist
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.
Quote examples
Nigel Hamilton
British Author
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.
Quote examples
Carl Jung
Swiss Psychologist
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.
Quote examples
Paul Keating
Australian Politician
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.
Quote examples
John Piper
American Clergyman
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.
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