Synonyms for conflagration
ˌkɒn fləˈgreɪ ʃəncon·fla·gra·tion

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1. conflagrationnoun

   Synonyms:
   firestorm, inferno

2. conflagrationnoun

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

   It took sixty firefighters to put out the conflagration.

   Synonyms:
   inferno, firestorm

3. conflagrationnoun

   A large-scale conflict.

   Synonyms:
   firestorm, inferno

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1. conflagration

   Combustion is the essential fact which is at the basis of that assemblage of visible phenomenon which we call fire; combustion being the continuous chemical combination of a substance with some element, as oxygen, evolving heat, and extending from slow processes, such as those by which the heat of the human body is maintained, to the processes producing the most intense light also, as in a blast-furnace, or on the surface of the sun. Fire is always attended with light, as well as heat; blaze, flame, etc., designate the mingled light and heat of a fire. Combustion is the scientific, fire the popular term. A conflagration is an extensive fire. Compare LIGHT.

   Synonyms:
   blaze, burning, combustion, fire, flame

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1. conflagration

   Synonyms:
   ignition, fire, combustion, arson, incendiarism

   Antonyms:
   extinction, smoulder, quenching

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1. conflagration, infernonoun

   a very intense and uncontrolled fire

   Synonyms:
   hell, the pits, infernal region, pit, snake pit, inferno, hell on earth, perdition, nether region, hellhole

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1. conflagrationnoun

   Synonyms:
   great burning, general fire

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1. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

   Proper management has ensured that there will not be a mass conflagration in the name of religious war, including a flare-up in terms of missiles from Gaza and Lebanon.

2. President Enrique Pena Nieto:

   And I think what( they) put forward ended up at what we know today from history, in global conflagration. We don't want that happening anywhere in the world.

3. Dr. Jose P. Rizal:

   No, let us not make God in our image, poor inhabitants that we are of a distant planet lost in infinite space. However brilliant and sublime our intelligence may be, it is scarcely more than a small spark which shines and in an instant is extinguished, and it alone can give us no idea of that blaze, that conflagration, that ocean of light!

4. 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.

5. Park Yong Chol:

   Through the loudspeakers they slandered our system and they infringed upon our Supreme Dignity, our military almost decided to go to war -- they were very eager to confront the enemy in another major conflagration.