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To the north, a sickly orange haze hung along the horizon, a reminder of the inferno that had reduced parts of their school to a ragged tangle of charred masonry, metal and wood.

As the Allies gained the upper hand, the names of certain cities went into history for their bomb-generated firestorms and then radioactive infernos.

From Salon

They were filled with workers who had sought sanctuary from the inferno.

From BBC

The Palisades and Eaton fires in January were infernos of biblical dimensions.

The inferno roared through Altadena, killing 19 people and destroying 9,400 homes and other structures.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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