English-Thai Dictionary

conflagration

N ไฟ ที่ ลุกไหม้  ไฟ ที่ เผา ทำลาย ครั้ง ใหญ่  blaze bonfire fai-ti-luk-mai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CONFLAGRATION

n.[L. See Flagrant. ] 1. A great fire or the burning of any great mass of combustibles, as a house, but more especially a city or a forest.
2. The burning of the world at the consummation of things, when the elements shall melt with fervent heat.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CONFLAGRATION

Con `fla *gra "tion, n. [L. conflagratio: cf. F. conflagration. ]

 

Defn: A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.

 

Till one wide conflagration swallows all. Pope.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

conflagration

con fla gra tion |ˌkänfləˈgrāSHən ˌkɑnfləˈɡreɪʃən | ▶noun an extensive fire that destroys a great deal of land or property. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (denoting consumption by fire ): from Latin conflagratio (n- ), from the verb conflagrare, from con- (expressing intensive force ) + flagrare ‘to blaze. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

conflagration

conflagration |ˌkɒnfləˈgreɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun an extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (denoting consumption by fire ): from Latin conflagratio (n- ), from the verb conflagrare, from con- (expressing intensive force ) + flagrare ‘to blaze ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

conflagration

conflagration noun the conflagration spread rapidly through the wooden buildings: fire, blaze, flames, inferno, firestorm.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

conflagration

conflagration noun the conflagration spread rapidly through the wooden buildings: fire, blaze, flames, inferno, firestorm, holocaust.

 

French Dictionary

conflagration

conflagration n. f. nom féminin Conflit international, bouleversement important.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

conflagration

con fla gra tion /kɑ̀nfləɡréɪʃ (ə )n |kɔ̀n -/名詞 C ｟かたく ｠大火, 大火災 ; 戦争 .