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| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | conflagratio, from conflagrare 'to burn', from com- ( COM-) + flagrare 'to burn' |
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con‧fla‧gra‧tion
[countable] formal
[countable] formal1 a very large fire that destroys a lot of buildings, forests etc
2 a violent situation or war
WORD FOCUS: fire 
WORD FOCUS: fire 
a big fire that causes a lot of damage: blaze, inferno, conflagration literary
someone whose job is to put out fires: firefighter, fireman, the fire department American English, the fire brigade British Englishfire
➔ See also fire
WORD FOCUS: fire a big fire that causes a lot of damage: blaze, inferno, conflagration literary
someone whose job is to put out fires: firefighter, fireman, the fire department American English, the fire brigade British Englishfire
➔ See also fire
