conflagration
n. 大火(灾)
A conflagration is a fire that burns over a large area and destroys property.
1. a very intense and uncontrolled fire
As the Middle East erupts, there are plenty of scenarios for global conflagration.
随着中东硝烟四起, 能引起全球大战的种种情况数不胜数.
Credit default swaps are the rocket fuel that turned the subprime mortgage fire into a conflagration.
信用违约互换(CDS)是一种火箭燃料,它把次贷之火变成了一场滔天大火.
A conflagration in 1947 reduced 90 percent of the houses to ashes.
1947年的一场大火,使90%的房屋化为灰烬.
The light of that conflagration will fade away.
这熊熊烈火会渐渐熄灭.
Competitors quickly tried to douse another conflagration of iPhone hype.
很快竞争者就试图加入到另一轮iPhone的广告战.