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BNC: 21221 COCA: 18943

inferno

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inferno /ɪnˈfɚnoʊ/ noun
plural infernos
inferno
/ɪnˈfɚnoʊ/
noun
plural infernos
Learner's definition of INFERNO
[count]
: a very large and dangerous fire熊熊大火
BNC: 21221 COCA: 18943

inferno

noun

in·​fer·​no in-ˈfər-(ˌ)nō How to pronounce inferno (audio)
plural infernos
: a place or a state that resembles or suggests hell
the inferno of war
also : an intense fire : conflagration
a raging inferno

Example Sentences

By the time help arrived, the fire had grown to a raging inferno. the intense heat of the raging inferno repeatedly drove back the firefighters
Recent Examples on the Web Kevin Harvick spent the week ruing an inferno that ruined his playoff opener, and led to plenty of discussion of safety in the Next Gen car. Dave Skretta, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2022 Kevin Harvick spent the week ruing an inferno that ruined his playoff opener, and led to plenty of discussion of safety in the Next Gen car. Dave Skretta, ajc, 11 Sep. 2022 After two weeks of raging inferno, fire crews have been able to gain 90% containment of the McKinney Fire, California’s largest fire of the year, burning in Klamath National Forest. Jordan Parker, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2022 In 2020, three people were killed after an oil tank exploded at a container depot in Chittagong’s Patenga area, while 54 died last July in an inferno in a food processing factory outside the capital, Dhaka. Reuters, NBC News, 6 June 2022 Fire officials rushed to help, entering the building without protective equipment, to ensure that no one was stranded in the inferno, the report said. Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 10 July 2022 All the candles are turning the room into an inferno! Karla Pope, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2022 But there was one player who, with spirited and aggressive play at the beginning of the fourth, lit the match that turned into an inferno of comeback. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2022 The water near the shore turns into an inferno of foam so aerated that Jet Skis choke on it. William Finnegan, The New Yorker, 23 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Italian, hell, from Late Latin infernus

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of inferno was in 1834
BNC: 21221 COCA: 18943

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