as in fire
a destructive burning
the intense heat of the raging inferno repeatedly drove back the firefighters
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With his wife trapped in the inferno, the protagonist must navigate competing priorities between saving lives and preventing a terrorist attack.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Mar. 2025
An advancing inferno may call for hasty felling of trees to create firebreaks.
—Albert C. Lin, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
Hours later, the city’s most storied landmark was an inferno, reduced to little more than charred remains of its 150-year legacy.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 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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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 18 Mar. 2025
An advancing inferno may call for hasty felling of trees to create firebreaks.
—Albert C. Lin, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2025
Hours later, the city’s most storied landmark was an inferno, reduced to little more than charred remains of its 150-year legacy.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 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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“Inferno.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inferno. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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