firestorm
badai
definition
noun
within the firestorm every building was burned to a shell
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.
example
These created so much fire that a 'firestorm' developed.
the incident ignited a 'firestorm' of controversy
This accident, and the subsequent investigation, sparked a 'firestorm' of protests.
The audio on the originally released disc caused a 'firestorm' of controversy.
within the 'firestorm' every building was burned to a shell
Together, they have produced a book that has ignited a 'firestorm' in Great Britain that is almost certain to spread to the United States.
the incident ignited a 'firestorm' of controversy
Promoting abstinence in America carries a guarantee of being ridiculed in a 'firestorm' of controversy.
In parts of the city, the fires joined up to create a 'firestorm' .
But French executives know even modest job cuts will ignite a political 'firestorm' .
It ignited a national 'firestorm' of protest by civil rights and women's groups.
A 'firestorm' swept across the city. 75 per cent of all buildings suffered severe structural damage.
This paper will generate a 'firestorm' of controversy, wide media interest, and perhaps even calls for a public inquiry.
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 bombing raid on Hamburg resulted in a 'firestorm' that killed more than 50,000 people.
The massive quake killed more than 140,000 people as buildings collapsed and 'firestorms' turned the capital into a raging inferno.
Radio warnings effectively mobilized fire brigades and civil defence workers but neither could control the 'firestorms' which swept across northern Tokyo.
Army assistance was at the bushfire's front line less than a day after 'firestorms' devastated Canberra's western suburbs on January 18.
Oxygen in the atmosphere will burn with this inbound debris and ignite superheated atmospheric 'firestorms' that will consume much oxygen.
Some of the greatest losses in Los Alamos occurred not in 'firestorms' but from lower-intensity surface fires.
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.
My grandfather vanished in one of the 'firestorms' that raged in Tokyo during the American bombing campaigns.
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