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Definitions of 'conflagration'
A conflagration is a fire that burns over a large area and destroys property.
[formal] [...]
Pronunciations of the word 'conflagration'
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Naturally, this produces a conflagration in the end, but that's beauty of the whole
thing.Put out the small sparks before they become another conflagration.The incident has raised fears of a new regional conflagration.
Translations of 'conflagration'
English-French
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● noun: (= fire) incendie; (figurative) conflagration [...]
English-Spanish
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● noun: conflagración, incendio [...]
English-German
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● noun: (of forest, towns) Feuersbrunst f (geh); (of building) Großbrand m [...]
English-Italian
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● noun: (formal) conflagrazione [...]
English-Portuguese
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● noun: conflagração [...]
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