conflagration

• Nom désignant un incendie de très grande ampleur, destructeur et souvent incontrôlable, causant des dégâts considérables.

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.

   Incendie de grande ampleur

   • 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.

   Synonymesblazefirestormholocaustinfernowildfire

2. Violent conflict or warC2formal

   A large-scale, destructive conflict or war.

   Conflagration (au sens de conflit violent)

   • 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.

   Synonymesbattleclashconflictstrugglewarwarfare