"firestorm" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: firestorms [plural]
Etymology: From 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: 83 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of 'Fire intensity greatly increased by winds': 94 6
  2. (figurative) An intense or violent altercation. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-firestorm-en-noun-eQuEOyXk Categories (other): Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Korean translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: conflagration, fire storm, fire-storm

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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