as in fire
a destructive burning
the intense heat of the raging inferno repeatedly drove back the firefighters
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Jonathan Rinderknecht has been charged with setting the fire that grew into the massive inferno.
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Michelle Edgar, Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
But the inferno nevertheless destroyed the homes of his son and daughter, who are 26 and 29.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
The Los Angeles Fire Department made the decision to physically move the command post down Pacific Coast Highway and away from the Palisades because the inferno threatened to overtake their location.
—Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
Le Constellation bar, where 40 people died in the inferno, had not had a fire inspection since 2019, the president of the Crans-Montana council said.
—Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
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Michelle Edgar, Daily News, 24 Jan. 2026
But the inferno nevertheless destroyed the homes of his son and daughter, who are 26 and 29.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026
The Los Angeles Fire Department made the decision to physically move the command post down Pacific Coast Highway and away from the Palisades because the inferno threatened to overtake their location.
—Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
Le Constellation bar, where 40 people died in the inferno, had not had a fire inspection since 2019, the president of the Crans-Montana council said.
—Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 6 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inferno
fire
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The crucial employment snapshot is slightly delayed because of the brief government shutdown and will show whether the trajectory improved for the US labor market, which has been stuck in a low-hire and low-fire lull.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
11 Feb. 2026
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Italy’s national fire and rescue service, Vigili del Fuoco, reported that, over the weekend, two people died and one was seriously injured in Alpe Meriggio in Valtellina after being caught in an avalanche that fatally buried at least one of the victims.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Inferno.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inferno. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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