as in fire
a destructive burning
the intense heat of the raging inferno repeatedly drove back the firefighters
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The inferno has consumed homes in the ritzy area, including those belonging to celebrities.
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
The project faces challenges from those resistant to the idea of replacing the windows that were designed for Notre-Dame in the nineteenth century by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, which emerged from the inferno in serviceable shape, though in need of cleaning.
—News Desk, Artforum, 19 Dec. 2024
There will be many Democratic leaders whose political souls will be living in Dante's inferno.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
The wood — bearing visible black traces from the blaze — came from pieces of the cathedral roof that collapsed in the inferno, Dubuisson said.
—John Leicester, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2025
The project faces challenges from those resistant to the idea of replacing the windows that were designed for Notre-Dame in the nineteenth century by Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, which emerged from the inferno in serviceable shape, though in need of cleaning.
—News Desk, Artforum, 19 Dec. 2024
There will be many Democratic leaders whose political souls will be living in Dante's inferno.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
The wood — bearing visible black traces from the blaze — came from pieces of the cathedral roof that collapsed in the inferno, Dubuisson said.
—John Leicester, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Inferno.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inferno. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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