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Definition of firestorm in English: firestormnoun ˈfʌɪəstɔːmˈfaɪ(ə)rˌstɔ(ə)rm A very intense and destructive fire (typically one caused by bombing) in which strong currents of air are drawn into the blaze from the surrounding area making it burn more fiercely. firestorms after a nuclear exchange figurative the incident ignited a firestorm of controversy Example sentencesExamples - Promoting abstinence in America carries a guarantee of being ridiculed in a firestorm of controversy.
- Together, they have produced a book that has ignited a firestorm in Great Britain that is almost certain to spread to the United States.
- A firestorm would result: the heat in the central area rises so high that the fire consumes all available oxygen.
- It ignited a national firestorm of protest by civil rights and women's groups.
- Only one minute long, it killed 3,000 people and ignited firestorms that burned for three days, forever changing the face of the Bay Area.
- The inscription on the monument generated a firestorm of controversy.
- A firestorm swept across the city. 75 per cent of all buildings suffered severe structural damage.
- The massive quake killed more than 140,000 people as buildings collapsed and firestorms turned the capital into a raging inferno.
- My grandfather vanished in one of the firestorms that raged in Tokyo during the American bombing campaigns.
- This accident, and the subsequent investigation, sparked a firestorm of protests.
- Army assistance was at the bushfire's front line less than a day after firestorms devastated Canberra's western suburbs on January 18.
- In parts of the city, the fires joined up to create a firestorm.
- This paper will generate a firestorm of controversy, wide media interest, and perhaps even calls for a public inquiry.
- These created so much fire that a firestorm developed.
- The audio on the originally released disc caused a firestorm of controversy.
- Radio warnings effectively mobilized fire brigades and civil defence workers but neither could control the firestorms which swept across northern Tokyo.
- Some of the greatest losses in Los Alamos occurred not in firestorms but from lower-intensity surface fires.
- But French executives know even modest job cuts will ignite a political firestorm.
- Oxygen in the atmosphere will burn with this inbound debris and ignite superheated atmospheric firestorms that will consume much oxygen.
- A bombing raid on Hamburg resulted in a firestorm that killed more than 50,000 people.
Synonyms blaze, conflagration, inferno, holocaust
Definition of firestorm in US English: firestormnounˈfī(ə)rˌstô(ə)rmˈfaɪ(ə)rˌstɔ(ə)rm An intense and destructive fire (typically one caused by bombing) in which strong currents of air are drawn into the blaze, making it burn more fiercely. figurative the incident ignited a firestorm of controversy within the firestorm every building was burned to a shell Example sentencesExamples - The massive quake killed more than 140,000 people as buildings collapsed and firestorms turned the capital into a raging inferno.
- This accident, and the subsequent investigation, sparked a firestorm of protests.
- But French executives know even modest job cuts will ignite a political firestorm.
- Army assistance was at the bushfire's front line less than a day after firestorms devastated Canberra's western suburbs on January 18.
- In parts of the city, the fires joined up to create a firestorm.
- It ignited a national firestorm of protest by civil rights and women's groups.
- These created so much fire that a firestorm developed.
- A bombing raid on Hamburg resulted in a firestorm that killed more than 50,000 people.
- This paper will generate a firestorm of controversy, wide media interest, and perhaps even calls for a public inquiry.
- Promoting abstinence in America carries a guarantee of being ridiculed in a firestorm of controversy.
- The audio on the originally released disc caused a firestorm of controversy.
- My grandfather vanished in one of the firestorms that raged in Tokyo during the American bombing campaigns.
- Only one minute long, it killed 3,000 people and ignited firestorms that burned for three days, forever changing the face of the Bay Area.
- Some of the greatest losses in Los Alamos occurred not in firestorms but from lower-intensity surface fires.
- Radio warnings effectively mobilized fire brigades and civil defence workers but neither could control the firestorms which swept across northern Tokyo.
- The inscription on the monument generated a firestorm of controversy.
- A firestorm would result: the heat in the central area rises so high that the fire consumes all available oxygen.
- A firestorm swept across the city. 75 per cent of all buildings suffered severe structural damage.
- Oxygen in the atmosphere will burn with this inbound debris and ignite superheated atmospheric firestorms that will consume much oxygen.
- Together, they have produced a book that has ignited a firestorm in Great Britain that is almost certain to spread to the United States.
Synonyms blaze, conflagration, inferno, holocaust
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