conflagration
/ˌkɒnfləˈgreɪʃən/noun
- an extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property大火, 大火灾。
词源
late 15th cent. (denoting consumption by fire)： from Latin conflagratio（n-）， from the verb conflagrare, from con- (expressing intensive force)+flagrare 'to blaze'.