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conflagration
 
SYLLABICATION:con·fla·gra·tion
PRONUNCIATION:  knfl-grshn
NOUN: A large destructive fire.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin cnflagrti, cnflagrtin-, from cnflagrtus, past participle of cnflagrre, to burn up. See conflagrant.
 
 
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