Definition & Meaning of "conflagration"in English

Conflagration

an extremely intense and destructive fire

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Abstract

Composition

Compound

Countable

Plural form

conflagrations

Examples

The forest was reduced to ashes in the massive conflagration, which raged uncontrollably for days.

Lexical Tree

conflagration

conflagrate

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