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- CONFLAGRATION. s. f. Embrasement général. Terme didactique, qui ne se dit guère que dans ces phrases, La conflagration d'une planète, du globe terrestre, etc.
Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798. 1798.
Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798. 1798.
conflagration — Conflagration … Thresor de la langue françoyse
conflagration — [ kɔ̃flagrasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1375, rare av. XVIIIe; lat. conflagratio, rac. flagrare « brûler » 1 ♦ Vx Incendie. 2 ♦ (av. 1791) Mod. et littér. Bouleversement de grande portée. Spécialt Conflit international. ● conflagration nom féminin ( … Encyclopédie Universelle
Conflagration — A conflagration or a blaze is an uncontrolled burning that threatens human life, health, or property. A conflagration can be accidentally begun, naturally caused (wildfire), or intentionally created (arson). Arson can be accomplished for the… … Wikipedia
Conflagration — Con fla*gra tion, n. [L. conflagratio: cf. F. conflagration.] A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning. [1913 Webster] Till one wide conflagration swallows all. Pope. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
conflagration — 1550s, from M.Fr. conflagration (16c.) or directly from L. conflagrationem (nom. conflagratio), prp. of conflagrare to burn up, from com , intensive prefix (see COM (Cf. com )), + flagrare to burn (see FLAGRANT (Cf. flagrant)) … Etymology dictionary
conflagration — CONFLAGRATION. s. f. Grand embrasement qui n est guere en usage. La conflagration de l Univers &c … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Conflagration — Conflagration, lat., Verbrennung, Brand; conflagriren, verbrennen … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
conflagration — noun blaze, bonfire, deflagration, destructive fire, devastation, devouring element, fire, general fire, ignis, incendiarism, incendium, sheet of flame, wall of flame, wholesale destruction, wildfire Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton.… … Law dictionary
conflagration — *fire, holocaust … New Dictionary of Synonyms
conflagration — [n] large fire blaze, bonfire, burning, flaming, holocaust, inferno, rapid oxidation, up in smoke*, wildfire; concepts 249,478 … New thesaurus