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CONFLAGRATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A very intense and uncontrolled fire
Synonyms:
conflagration; inferno
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("conflagration" is a kind of...):
fire (the event of something burning (often destructive))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "conflagration"):
wildfire (a raging and rapidly spreading conflagration)