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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
That 1993 conflagration lapped at the windows of my childhood home; the Palisades Fire finally burned it down.
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Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
Those are just some of the cascading consequences from the deadly conflagrations.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Ensuring a few words wouldn’t spark a huge conflagration that could be splashed across social media, Steph Curry qualified his thought.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2025
The problem at North Fourth Street became such a public nuisance that the pile of lumber and debris left from earlier blazes caught fire yet again in August 2024, a conflagration that finally spurred city officials to take action to remedy the blight.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
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Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
Those are just some of the cascading consequences from the deadly conflagrations.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
Ensuring a few words wouldn’t spark a huge conflagration that could be splashed across social media, Steph Curry qualified his thought.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2025
The problem at North Fourth Street became such a public nuisance that the pile of lumber and debris left from earlier blazes caught fire yet again in August 2024, a conflagration that finally spurred city officials to take action to remedy the blight.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conflagration
Noun
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With his wife trapped in the inferno, the protagonist must navigate competing priorities between saving lives and preventing a terrorist attack.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2025
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An advancing inferno may call for hasty felling of trees to create firebreaks.—
Albert C. Lin,
The Conversation,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Security guarantees for Ukraine that are directly tied to the cessation of hostilities can advance all three of these objectives.—
Samuel Charap,
Foreign Affairs,
24 Dec. 2024
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But Israel's military plans for a major offensive in Gaza may reshape the course of the conflict, depending on the outcome of talks and possible further hostilities.—
Benedict Cosgrove,
Newsweek,
20 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The fires were personal for Scott — his fiancée Zooey Deschanel’s childhood home in the Palisades burned.—
Dakota Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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That someone is Naji Marshall, a man with fire propelling from the bottom of his feet — though on only one shot.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The governing Liberals had appeared poised for a historic election defeat this year until Trump declared a trade war and challenged Canada’s sovereignty.—
Rob Gillies,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2025
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What to know about Defense Secretary amid leak of war plans The Associated Press reported in 2021 that 12 members of the National Guard were removed from Biden's swearing-in ceremony because of concerns about ties to extremist groups.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Conflagration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conflagration. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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