conflagration
noun
Examples of conflagration in a Sentence
Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 8 Apr. 2024
Despite having to race against molten rock, which frequently surrounded them, the sight of the conflagration engendered a paradoxical sense of calm.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2024
Hellish fires evoke not only political violence, but also, in one case, a disastrous conflagration in the artist’s own studio.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
To stimulate flagging consumer confidence, Elon Musk lit a fuse at the start of last year that would spark a broader price war conflagration across the Chinese EV industry—one that has now been raging for months.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024
Meanwhile, forecasts indicated that a deluge, intense enough to raise concerns about flooding, rolled toward the region on Friday, promising, or threatening, to replace concerns about conflagration with worries about inundation.
—Martin Weil, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
That makes the conflagration the largest wildfire in Texas history—and there’s no end in sight as dry air and high winds are expected to pick up again later today and carry on through the weekend.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2024
The apparent decision to avoid the J-word must have been made long before the most recent conflagration in the Middle East, but the movie, pitting Fremen fundamentalists against a genocidal oppressor, can scarcely hope to escape the horror of recent headlines.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2024
The repercussions of the conflict are now felt all over the world, signified by massive demonstrations from Paris to Caracas, for and against both sides of the conflagration.
—Steven Gaydos, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
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Word History
Latin conflagration-, conflagratio, from conflagrare — see conflagrant
1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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