conflagration
noun/ˌkɒnfləˈɡreɪʃn/
/ˌkɑːnfləˈɡreɪʃn/
(formal)- a very large fire that destroys a lot of land or buildings
- The fire services were not adequate to deal with major conflagrations.
Word Originlate 15th cent. (denoting consumption by fire): from Latin conflagratio(n-), from the verb conflagrare, from con- (expressing intensive force) + flagrare ‘to blaze’.
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