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Look up: conflagration

  1. conflagration
    [n] - a very intense and uncontrolled fire
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Conflagration
    The progression of combustion to adjacent combustible materials not involved in the originating deflagration.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20474

  3. conflagration
    in nuclear explosions, the propagation of catastrophic fires by the wind, following the coalescence of individual fires ignited by the explosion`s blast wave or thermal pulse; In conventional air attack following a massive high explosive detonation with a saturation of the target by incendiary weapo...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  4. Conflagration
    Con`fla·gra'tion noun [ Latin conflagratio : confer French conflagration .] A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning. « Till one wide conflagration swallows all. Pope. »
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/134

  5. conflagration
    inferno noun a very intense and uncontrolled fire
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Conflagration
    • (n.) A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. conflagration
    conflagration 1. A large fire that causes a great deal of damage. 2. A very intense and uncontrolled fire. 3. A large and destructive fire; a general burning. 4. A large and violent event; such as, a war involving many people. 5. Something like a conflagration: a conflict; a war.
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  8. Conflagration
    `Conflagration` is an uncontrolled burning that threatens human life, health, property or ecology. A conflagration can be accidentally begun, naturally caused (wildfire), or intentionally created (arson). Arson can be accomplished for the purpose of sabotage or diversion, and also can be the consequ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflagrati

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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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