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con⋅fla⋅gra⋅tion
[kon-fluh-grey-shuh
n] 
–noun
| a destructive fire, usually an extensive one. |
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| con·fla·gra·tion (kŏn'flə-grā'shən) n. A large destructive fire. [Latin cōnflagrātiō, cōnflagrātiōn-, from cōnflagrātus, past participle of cōnflagrāre, to burn up; see conflagrant.] |
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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.
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Language Translation for : conflagration
Spanish:
conflagración,
German:
die Feuersbrunst,
Japanese:
大火災
conflagration
1555, from L. conflagrationem (nom. conflagratio), prp. of conflagrare "to burn up," from com- intens. prefix + flagrare "to burn" (see flagrant).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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