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as in hostilities
a state of armed violent struggle between states, nations, or groups
what began as a skirmish over disputed territory erupted into a conflagration that swept the continent
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Recent Examples of conflagration
How often vegetation buffers homes from igniting during urban conflagrations is still unclear, but this capability has implications for regulations.
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Luca Carmignani, The Conversation, 2 June 2025
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia could be drifting further away from normalizing ties with Israel as the war in Gaza grinds on and a regional conflagration looms.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 13 June 2025
How often vegetation buffers homes from igniting during urban conflagrations is still unclear, but this capacity has implications for regulations.
—Max Moritz, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
Greenland’s Flirtations With China Could Backfire After the Trump administration touched off a tariff war, the geopolitical skirmishing between the United States and China over rare earths became a much more complicated conflagration involving the United States, the European Union, and China.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 May 2025
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Luca Carmignani, The Conversation, 2 June 2025
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia could be drifting further away from normalizing ties with Israel as the war in Gaza grinds on and a regional conflagration looms.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 13 June 2025
How often vegetation buffers homes from igniting during urban conflagrations is still unclear, but this capacity has implications for regulations.
—Max Moritz, Mercury News, 5 June 2025
Greenland’s Flirtations With China Could Backfire After the Trump administration touched off a tariff war, the geopolitical skirmishing between the United States and China over rare earths became a much more complicated conflagration involving the United States, the European Union, and China.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conflagration
Noun
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Climate change is a major contributor, as drought and rising global temperatures make the infernos bigger, faster and harder to stop.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
3 July 2025
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And days before the Formula One Grand Prix in Jeddah in March 2022, the Houthi rebels fired a missile at an oil storage facility in the Saudi city and an inferno of fire and smoke filled the skyline.—
Dina Esfandiary,
Time,
1 July 2025
Noun
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These meetings initially took place virtually and then in person across different capitals, seeking a cessation of hostilities and the establishment of humanitarian corridors.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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But Putin had other ideas, tying a halt in hostilities to the West readmitting certain Russian banks into the West’s financial network.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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After their date, Amaya and Bryan gathered with their fellow Islanders around the fire pit and told them about their evening together.—
Julia Moore,
People.com,
14 July 2025
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Donald Trump has ignited a five-alarm fire and the chaos has reached a fever pitch.—
Jeremy Gorner,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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The bomb hasn’t been used since, apart from test blasts, and after the Cold War ended in 1991, the risk of nuclear war mercifully declined.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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This figure has been steadily decreasing since the Ukraine war broke out in 2022, according to statistics compiled by the U.S. Census Bureau.—
Zachary Folk,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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“Conflagration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conflagration. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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