Meaning

3 senses
  1. (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.

    Feuersbrunst, Großbrand

    большо́й пожа́рbolʹšój požár, пожа́рpožár, пожа́рищеpožárišče

    поже́жаpožéža, зга́рищеzháryšče

  2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A large-scale conflict.

    Flächenbrand

  3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)A situation of great passion or emotion.

More definitions
  • a very intense and uncontrolled fire

Examples

7 sentences
  1. A small forest fire can easily spread and quickly become a great conflagration.

    Маленький вогонь в лісі може легко поширитися і швидко стати величезною пожежею.

    ruМаленький огонь в лесу может легко распространиться и быстро стать огромным пожаром.

    deEin kleiner Waldbrand kann sich leicht ausbreiten und schnell ein großer Flächenbrand werden.

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  2. A tiny spark may become a great conflagration.

    ruМаленькая искра может превратиться в большой пожар.

    deAus einem kleinen Fünklein kann ein großes Feuer werden.

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  3. A small forest fire quickly spread and became a huge conflagration.

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  4. The conflagration consumed the city.

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  5. The conflagration, abetted by fuel that residents stored in their domiciles, razed tin-roofed shacks.

    deDie Feuersbrunst, begünstigt durch Brennstoff, den Bewohner bei sich lagerten, machte zinngedeckte Hütten dem Erdboden gleich.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
a large, ferocious, and destructive fire:
Русский
By meaning 1
a large, ferocious, and destructive fire:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a large, ferocious, and destructive fire:
a large-scale conflict:

Origin

From Middle French, from Latin cōnflagrātiō (“burning, conflagration”).

From Middle French, from Latin cōnflagrātiō (“burning, conflagration”).

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Forms

plural: conflagrations
Singularconflagration
Pluralconflagrations

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a very intense and uncontrolled fire:inferno

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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