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towering inferno en · NOUN
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(poetic) A tall fire, as of a building.
[T]he most compelling argument for avoiding Chungking Mansion is one of safety — it could be a towering inferno waiting to happen.
2003, Beth Reiber, Frommer's Hong Kong:We fed the campfire until it became a towering inferno before us.
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A powerful, untamed force.
[A]nyone saying now that humans are a towering inferno of irrationality ought to be challenged, and aggressively so.
2000, Michael S. Gazzaniga, The Mind's Past:
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