conflagrate
verb/ˈkɑn.flə.ɡreɪt/US
Etymology
First attested in 1657; borrowed from Latin cōnflāgrātus, perfect passive participial of cōnflāgrō (“to be consumed by fire; (rare) to set aflame”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
- borrowed from cōnflāgrātus
Definitions
To catch fire.
To set fire to something.
The neighborhood
- neighborconflagration
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for conflagrate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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