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conflagration

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con⋅fla⋅gra⋅tion

  [kon-fluh-grey-shuhn]
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–noun
a destructive fire, usually an extensive one.
Origin:
1545–55; < L conflagrātiōn- (s. of conflagrātiō), equiv. to conflagrāt(us) ptp. of conflagrāre to burn up (con- con- + flagr- (akin to fulgur lightning, flamma flame, Gk phlóx; see phlox ) + -ātus -ate 1 ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
con⋅fla⋅gra⋅tive, adjective

Synonyms:
See flame.
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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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Word Origin & History

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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