conflagration

• اسم يدل على حريق كبير مدمّر وواسع الانتشار، غالبًا ما يكون خارج السيطرة ويسبّب خسائر جسيمة في الأرواح والممتلكات. ويُستعمل أيضًا مجازًا للدلالة على انتشار سريع لهدم أو صراع أو اضطراب.

A noun referring to a large, destructive, and often uncontrollable fire that causes significant damage.

1. Large destructive fireC1formal

   A very large and destructive fire that causes widespread damage.

   حريق هائل

   • The conflagration destroyed several city blocks before firefighters could contain it.
   • A massive conflagration swept through the forest, leaving only ash behind.
   • Witnesses described the conflagration as a wall of flames reaching the sky.

   المرادفاتblazefirestormholocaustinfernowildfire

2. Violent conflict or warC2formal

   A large-scale, destructive conflict or war.

   نزاع كبير

   • The political tensions eventually erupted into a full-scale conflagration.
   • Historians often refer to World War I as a global conflagration.
   • The region was plunged into a conflagration that lasted for decades.

   المرادفاتbattleclashconflictstrugglewarwarfare