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towering inferno

noun

Definitions

  1. A tall fire, as of a building.

    • We fed the campfire until it became a towering inferno before us.
    • [T]he most compelling argument for avoiding Chungking Mansion is one of safety — it could be a towering inferno waiting to happen.

  2. A powerful, untamed force.

    • [A]nyone saying now that humans are a towering inferno of irrationality ought to be challenged, and aggressively so.

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