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# conflagration

noun (a conflagration, conflagrations)

«conflagration» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal) A very large, destructive fire that spreads widely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conflagration/#m1)
2. (formal) A big war or conflict. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conflagration/#m2)

### In the lessons

In history lessons it describes great fires such as the Great Fire of London (1666) or the Great Chicago Fire (1871). In news and old writing, a «conflagration» can also mean a war that spreads. It tells the reader the fire or conflict is huge. Everyday English says «a huge fire» or «blaze».

### Examples

- The Great Fire of London was a terrible conflagration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conflagration/#x1)
- The conflagration destroyed hundreds of homes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conflagration/#x2)
- Firefighters battled the conflagration all night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conflagration/#x3)
- Dry bushland can turn a small spark into a conflagration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conflagration/#x4)
- Leaders feared the border fight would become a wider conflagration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conflagration/#x5)
- Only stone buildings survived the conflagration. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conflagration/#x6)
- The smoke drove across the scene of the conflagration, and the wind carried it away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conflagration/#x7)

### Note

Countable: a conflagration, conflagrations. Formal. Say «kon-fluh-GRAY-shun». From Latin «flagrare» (to blaze), as in «flagrant».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «conflagration» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/conflagration/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«conflagration» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/conflagration.html) on Mova free.