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   conflagration

   /ˌkɒnfləˈɡreɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. an extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property: "tinder-dry conditions sparked fears of a conflagration in many drought-devastated communities"

   Word Origin late 15th century (denoting consumption by fire): from Latin conflagratio(n-), from the verb conflagrare, from con- (expressing intensive force) + flagrare ‘to blaze’.

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