as in fire
a destructive burning
the intense heat of the raging inferno repeatedly drove back the firefighters
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Recent Examples of inferno
After these infernos, invasive grasses often took over in hardened, infertile soils.
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Pamela McElwee, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2025
This is all happening while people around the country experience unprecedented and unpredictable weather patterns — from alarming infernos in California to startling floods in North Carolina.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
Can Verdugo, known for intensity — if not a full-on internal inferno like Donaldson, at least a flame — have any semblance of such impact on this team?
—David O'Brien, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Courtesy Andrea-Marie Stark Stark’s house is one of several that survived the inferno on her block, but its proximity to the flames meant everything inside was coated with a thick layer of soot.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2025
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Pamela McElwee, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2025
This is all happening while people around the country experience unprecedented and unpredictable weather patterns — from alarming infernos in California to startling floods in North Carolina.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2025
Can Verdugo, known for intensity — if not a full-on internal inferno like Donaldson, at least a flame — have any semblance of such impact on this team?
—David O'Brien, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Courtesy Andrea-Marie Stark Stark’s house is one of several that survived the inferno on her block, but its proximity to the flames meant everything inside was coated with a thick layer of soot.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inferno
fire
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Currently, there is no information on the containment of the fire and the cause of it is still undetermined.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2025
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The team carried a smoldering fire in the core from that game into the offseason, and galvanized during a trip overseas that summer.—
Jim Calhoun with Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2025
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“Inferno.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inferno. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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