🇬🇧🇪🇸 conflagration - conflagración : English Lesson

Meaning of "conflagration" ("conflagración"), detailed definition, and a short video lesson below.

A conflagration is a huge, roaring fire that burns many things at once, like when a whole forest, many houses, or a big building is on fire, instead of just a little campfire or a single candle.

Watch and listen to this English flashcard to understand the word in more detail, with an easy example sentence.

In the video game, I cast one fire spell and accidentally created a digital conflagration that toasted every tree.

The barbecue was fun until Uncle Bob dropped the lighter, and the grill tried to upgrade itself into a backyard conflagration.

Mom said, “Light one candle,” but my brother lit a hundred, and Dad yelled, “Blow them out before we start a birthday conflagration!”

Grandpa burned the toast so badly that the smoke alarm thought there was a breakfast conflagration in the kitchen.

Firefighters are real-life heroes who stop dangerous conflagrations—huge, spreading fires—from turning towns and forests into giant piles of toast.

A farm erupted: a conflagration ate the barn roof. The conflagration leapt to the hay, sent orange tongues into the night. Villagers ran with buckets as the conflagration pushed toward the fields. Fire trucks came and water beat the conflagration down. They watched the conflagration die. At dawn, smoke drifted; they hugged, shaken, and thanked the quiet morning.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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