What does firestorm mean?
Firestorm means A fire whose intensity is greatly increased by inrushing winds..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A fire whose intensity is greatly increased by inrushing winds..
In the print firestorm that followed the publication of the royal couple's letters, the generalissima was one polemical touchstone. The Annotations to The Kings Cabinet Opened itself depicted the queen as an enemy to king and country: […]
This past weekend, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach set off a firestorm with his full-page ad in the New York Times accusing National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice of turning a blind eye to the Rwandan genocide when she was on President Bill Clinton’s national security team in the 1990s.
An American tourist who was reportedly filmed picking up and running off with a wild baby wombat fled Australia after officials threatened to cancel her visa in a firestorm of criticism over the incident.
Use firestorm when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Firestorm means A fire whose intensity is greatly increased by inrushing winds..
Common synonyms include conflagration.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In the print firestorm that followed the publication of the royal couple's letters, the generalissima was one polemical touchstone. The Annotations to The Kings Cabinet Opened itself depicted the queen as an enemy to king and country: […]
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