- conflagration
- 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.
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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
