Complete Definition of "conflagration"

was wotd|2006|April|8
English

Etymology
From L. conflagratio.

Pronunciation
RP IPA|/k�nflæg�ɹeɪ��n/
audio|en-us-conflagration.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

  1. A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.

#: The conflagration took sixty firefighters to put it out.

Quotations
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Translations
trans-top|A large, ferocious, and destructive fire
Chinese: ��
Czech: požár m
Dutch: vuurzee
Esperanto: incendio
Finnish: suurpalo
French: conflagration#French|conflagration
German: Feuersbrunst
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Greek: ���καγιά
Hebrew: ���ק� (dleiqa) f; שר�פ� (sreifa) f
Italian: conflagrazione
Japanese: 大��
Korean: ���
Russian: бол��ой пожа� m
Spanish: conflagración
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See also
rel-top4|See also
conflagrant
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connixation
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fire
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wildfire
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