CONFLAGRATION


Meaning of CONFLAGRATION in English

[ ˌkɒnflə'greɪʃ(ə)n ]

■ noun an extensive and destructive fire.

Origin

C15: from L. conflagratio(n-) , from conflagrare , from con- (expressing intensive force) + flagrare 'to blaze'.

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