conflagration en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌkɒnfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Italic *flagrosder.? Latin flagrō Latin cōnflagrō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnflagrātiōder. Middle Frenchbor. English conflagration From Middle French, from Latin cōnflagrātiō (“burning, conflagration”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A large fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.
It took sixty firefighters to put out the conflagration.
And back to hell his way did he take, / For the Devil thought by a slight mistake / It was general conflagration.
1834 [1799], Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, “The Devil's Thoughts”, in The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, volume II, London: W. Pickering, page 87:
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) A large-scale conflict.
This was well brought out in the skillfully conducted campaigns by the various governments in appealing to the masses with their characteristic suggestible subconsciousness, stirring to the very depths the reflex consciousness of gregarious man by all sorts of direct and indirect suggestions of fear of attacks and patriotic reactions of self-defence against such attacks until the evil genie of self-preservation and fear became loose, resulting in a sweeping conflagration of a war of nations with all the horror of diseases, mutilation, and extermination of millions of human lives, over seventeen and a half millions, according to latest accounts, having perished in this world-massacre of the human race.
1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable) A situation of great passion or emotion.
I thought it only an amourette when you told me. It was a fire — a conflagration; subdue it.
1876, The New York Drama, volumes 1-2, page 1:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| conflagrations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
conflagrant (See also) · connixation (See also) · fire (See also) · wildfire (See also)
Synonyms
Translations (98)
et tulekahju (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · cmn 燹 (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · ro conflagrație (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · pt conflagração (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · fi suursota (a large-scale conflict) · ja 火災 (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · is stórbruni (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · is eldsvoði (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · ang ǣled (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · gl conflagración (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · ru пожа́р (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · sk požiar (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · fr incendie (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · hi आग (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · sh požar (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · ar حَرِيق (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · id kebakaran (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · gl conflagración (a large-scale conflict) · bcl rabaraba (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · lo ອັກຄີໄພ (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · ms kebakaran (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · ru пожа́рище (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · ka ხანძარი (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · hy հրդեհ (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · tr yangın (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · ota یانغین (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · fi tulipalo (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · pl pożar (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · th ไฟไหม้ (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · mk пожар (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · sl požar (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · ja 大火 (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · grc ἐκπύρωσις (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · tl sunog (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · th เพลิงไหม้ (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · tk ýangyn (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · chr ᎦᎵᎬ (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · ca conflagració (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · eo incendio (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · sv brand (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · lt gaisras (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · nl conflagratie (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · de Feuersbrunst (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · cs požár (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · th อัคคีภัย (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · ru большо́й пожа́р (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · fr conflagration (a large-scale conflict) · ko 대화재 (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · la exustiō (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · ky өрт (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · lv ugunsgrēks (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · cmn 大火 (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · ur آگ (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · uz pojar (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · cjs ӧрт (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · ro incendiu (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · pt conflagração (a large-scale conflict) · he שריפה (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · is bál (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · nl vlammenzee (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · mi toronga (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · de Großbrand (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · it conflagrazione (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · pl pożoga (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · nl vuurzee (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · hi अग्निकांड (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · vi hỏa hoạn (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · uk зга́рище (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · be пажа́р (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · kk өрт (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · io incendio (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · fi suurpalo (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · ga dóiteán (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · hu tűzvész (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · az yanğın (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · sh пожар (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · el πυρκαγιά (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · km អគ្គីភ័យ (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · my မီး (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · bg голя́м пожа́р (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · fi maailmanpalo (a large-scale conflict) · cmn 火災 /火灾 (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · be пажа́рышча (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · uz yongʻin (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · es conflagración (a large-scale conflict) · es conflagración (disused) (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · sv eldsvåda (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · fa آتشسوزی (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · vi nạn cháy lớn (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · ko 화재 (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · uk поже́жа (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · nl wereldbrand (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · de Flächenbrand (a large-scale conflict) · fr conflagration (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · bg пожа́р (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · lo ໄຟໄໝ້ (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · he דליקה (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire) · grc πύρωσις (a large, ferocious, and destructive fire)