as in burning
being on fire
smoke from the conflagrant forest spread over hundreds of square miles
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Recent Examples of conflagrant
With autumn comes a multitude of colors—but the ash tree, faithful to its name, stays a non-conflagrant color while waiting for winter to take its leaves.
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Sheetal R. Modi, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2014
Burkes was at Burning Man, the conflagrant annual confab in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.
—Jason Kehe, Wired, 28 Sep. 2021
In celebration of San Juan de Dios, the patron saint of firework makers, conflagrant revelry engulfs the town of Tultepec, Mexico for ten days.
—Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2017
Sheetal R. Modi, Discover Magazine, 25 Sep. 2014
Burkes was at Burning Man, the conflagrant annual confab in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.
—Jason Kehe, Wired, 28 Sep. 2021
In celebration of San Juan de Dios, the patron saint of firework makers, conflagrant revelry engulfs the town of Tultepec, Mexico for ten days.
—Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conflagrant
Adjective
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Mud puddles are courageous, too, when returning the unblinking, burning gaze of the sky’s white eye.—
contributing Monitor poets,
Christian Science Monitor,
23 Apr. 2025
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Equal to Tesfaye’s navel-gazing, Shults uses every trick in the music-video playbook to conjure a vivid, ultra-saturated but not quite realistic universe where the Weeknd is a brightly burning sun everyone revolves around.—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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The Tigers have staged this flaming start thanks to their unique play style and positive culture and a bundle of comeback stories.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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That's pretty vague, but the season 2 teaser trailer highlights several of the aforementioned foes and woes, from a host of haunted dolls and a swarm of bees to a flaming, winged creature and the gnarly sight of Tyler (Hunter Doohan) in his Hyde form.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The biggest thing that gives Golden a chance to shine is his blazing speed.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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The physical evidence strongly suggested that rather than hiking across a blazing desert after enduring weeks of torment, Aimee had gotten out of a car and walked a short distance to be discovered.—
Carolyn Kellogg,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Conflagrant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conflagrant. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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