Superconflagration
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /suːpəɹˈkɒnfləˈɡɹeɪʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Superconflagration is a noun meaning (rare) A very severe, blazing conflagration.
Meaning
(rare) A very severe, blazing conflagration.
Example Sentences
Over there, in the direction of Bainbridge, the sunset glowed like a superconflagration.
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.
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.
Fires following these earthquakes would be a much bigger and broader issue than shown in the movie. In the much smaller M7.8 “ShakeOut Scenario” earthquake scenario for southern California, more than 1600 fires are projected to start, some becoming superconflagrations.
Word Forms
- superconflagrations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include conflagration, burnination, superbombardment, inferno, deflagration, brand.
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