— conflagrative , adj.
/kon'fleuh gray"sheuhn/ , n.
a destructive fire, usually an extensive one.
[ 1545-55; conflagration- (s. of conflagratio ), equiv. to conflagrat ( us ) ptp. of conflagrare to burn up ( con- CON- + flagr- (akin to fulgur lightning, flamma FLAME, Gk phlóx; see PHLOX) + -atus -ATE 1 ) + -ion- -ION ]
Syn . See flame .