conflagration
Example Sentences
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Blankfein said he was concerned that the lack of a recent financial market shakeout made the dangers of another conflagration all the greater.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
Political scientist Yuttaporn Issarachai said that the Thai government's primary agenda has shifted towards daunting external challenges, including the economic fallout of the Middle East conflagration.
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
The more recent war on terror was long and expensive—one hopes far more than the current conflagration, on both counts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
He is sceptical both about the estimated cost of MPs staying in Parliament while the work is completed and suggestions the building is on the brink of a destructive conflagration.
From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026
I spun around in time to see a bag of garbage—into which I’d tossed the match I’d used to light the stove—flare into a small conflagration.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing conflagration
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Grade 10, List 4
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