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superconflagration

/suːpəɹˈkɒnfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/

superconflagration noun: a very severe, blazing conflagration.

Noun

superconflagration (plural superconflagrations)

  1. (rare) A very severe, blazing conflagration.
    • Over there, in the direction of Bainbridge, the sunset glowed like a superconflagration.1917, Perley Poore Sheehan, Those who walk in darkness, New York G.H. Doran Co, →ISBN, page 205
    • Governments and common stocks is embodied in the philosophy that, with large common stock commitments, all the risk of the portfolio should be concentrated in this category while the rest of the portfolio should be riskless - a kind of superconflagration reserve.1953, Shelby Cullom Davis, Insurance Companies and the Interest Rate, Taylor & Francis

Examples of superconflagration in a sentence

  • In the mid-nineties was, physically, barely quarter-century old, almost all of it having been burned to the ground in October in 1871 in a superconflagration.1983, Marie Louise Burke, Swami Vivekananda in the West: The world teacher, Advaita Ashrama, page 122:
  • In the much smaller M7.8 “ShakeOut Scenario” earthquake scenario for southern California, more than 1600 fires are projected to start, some becoming superconflagrations.2015, Disaster Digest (Hollywood Fantasy Not California Reality), page 6:

Forms of superconflagration

pluralsuperconflagrations

Origin of superconflagration

From super- + conflagration.

Questions about superconflagration

What does superconflagration mean?
Superconflagration means a very severe, blazing conflagration.
How do you use superconflagration in a sentence?
In the mid-nineties was, physically, barely quarter-century old, almost all of it having been burned to the ground in October in 1871 in a superconflagration.
What part of speech is superconflagration?
Superconflagration is a noun.
How do you pronounce superconflagration?
Superconflagration is pronounced /suːpəɹˈkɒnfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/.
What is the plural of superconflagration?
The plural of superconflagration is superconflagrations.

Words near superconflagration in the dictionary

  1. superconducts
  2. superconference
  3. superconferences
  4. superconfidence
  5. superconfident
  6. superconflagration
  7. superconflagrations
  8. superconfluencies
  9. superconfluency
  10. superconfluent
  11. superconformal

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