Hypertext Webster Gateway: "conflagration"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Conflagration \Con`fla*gra"tion\, n. [L. conflagratio: cf. F.
conflagration.]
A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a
general burning.
Till one wide conflagration swallows all. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
conflagration
n : a very intense and uncontrolled fire [syn: {inferno}]
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