[noun] [C] [plural] infernos - a very large uncontrolled fireHe saw a policeman pull a man out of the inferno of his blazing car.It may take a year to put out the inferno, as hundreds of oil fires are burning.The building was an inferno by the time the fire service arrived, with flames leaping high into the air.
INFERNO
Meaning of INFERNO in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012