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as in hostilities
a state of armed violent struggle between states, nations, or groups
what began as a skirmish over disputed territory erupted into a conflagration that swept the continent
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Recent Examples of conflagration
In total, 78 firefighters from 20 different units responded and were able to get the fire under control by 2 p.m.
No one was injured in the conflagration.
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Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2025
Some suspect that DeJoy stepped aside to prevent a larger conflagration.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
In urban conflagrations, like the ones in Los Angeles, flames go horizontal in the gale-force winds, turning a burning home into a blow-torch trained upon its neighbors.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
Given that much of the CMEC runs directly through active conflict zones, the post-coup conflagration has disrupted many of Beijing’s investments in the country.
—Ye Myo Hein, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2025
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Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 7 Apr. 2025
Some suspect that DeJoy stepped aside to prevent a larger conflagration.
—Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 24 Mar. 2025
In urban conflagrations, like the ones in Los Angeles, flames go horizontal in the gale-force winds, turning a burning home into a blow-torch trained upon its neighbors.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
Given that much of the CMEC runs directly through active conflict zones, the post-coup conflagration has disrupted many of Beijing’s investments in the country.
—Ye Myo Hein, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for conflagration
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Can Verdugo, known for intensity — if not a full-on internal inferno like Donaldson, at least a flame — have any semblance of such impact on this team?—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Courtesy Andrea-Marie Stark Stark’s house is one of several that survived the inferno on her block, but its proximity to the flames meant everything inside was coated with a thick layer of soot.—
Alicia Victoria Lozano,
NBC News,
4 Mar. 2025
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These meetings initially took place virtually and then in person across different capitals, seeking a cessation of hostilities and the establishment of humanitarian corridors.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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But Putin had other ideas, tying a halt in hostilities to the West readmitting certain Russian banks into the West’s financial network.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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Their previous facility was destroyed in the 2007 Witch Creek fire so the family bought the property across from Old Poway Park in 2011 and converted it to Parkview Gardens.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 May 2025
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has unveiled plans for record military spending, including major investments in stockpiles of critical munitions such as long-range fires, antiship missiles, and missiles for air defense.—
ELY RATNER,
Foreign Affairs,
27 May 2025
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In 2016 the pair released some in-progress footage from the film, in which Ophuls journeys to Tel Aviv in the midst of the war to interview Israelis, including West Bank settler leaders, and other pro-Israel visitors who espouse racist views on camera.—
Andrew Lapin,
Sun Sentinel,
27 May 2025
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Trump’s criticism of Putin comes after Russia launched one of its largest aerial attacks on Ukraine since the start of the war, in which more than 360 drones and missiles hit Ukraine and at least 12 people died, the Associated Press reported.—
Molly Bohannon,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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“Conflagration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conflagration. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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