"firestorm" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: firestorms [plural]
Etymology: fire + storm Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fire|storm}} fire + storm Head templates: {{en-noun}} firestorm (plural firestorms)
  1. A fire whose intensity is greatly increased by inrushing winds. Categories (topical): Fire Translations (Fire intensity greatly increased by winds): fajroŝtormo (Esperanto), tulimyrsky (Finnish), Feuersturm [masculine] (German), tűzvihar (Hungarian), stoirm olldóiteáin [feminine] (Irish), 불바람 (bulbaram) (Korean), tormenta ígnea [feminine] (Spanish), conflagración [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-firestorm-en-noun-f~NvWIKn Disambiguation of Fire: 61 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'Fire intensity greatly increased by winds': 93 7
  2. (figurative) An intense or violent altercation. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-firestorm-en-noun-eQuEOyXk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: conflagration, fire storm, fire-storm

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