firestorm
ਤਰਥੱਲ
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
The inscription on the monument generated a 'firestorm' of controversy.
Promoting abstinence in America carries a guarantee of being ridiculed in a 'firestorm' of controversy.
This paper will generate a 'firestorm' of controversy, wide media interest, and perhaps even calls for a public inquiry.
the incident ignited a 'firestorm' of controversy
A bombing raid on Hamburg resulted in a 'firestorm' that killed more than 50,000 people.
But French executives know even modest job cuts will ignite a political 'firestorm' .
A 'firestorm' would result: the heat in the central area rises so high that the fire consumes all available oxygen.
the incident ignited 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' swept across the city. 75 per cent of all buildings suffered severe structural damage.
It ignited a national 'firestorm' of protest by civil rights and women's groups.
This accident, and the subsequent investigation, sparked a 'firestorm' of protests.
within the 'firestorm' every building was burned to a shell
The audio on the originally released disc caused a 'firestorm' of controversy.
These created so much fire that a 'firestorm' developed.
In parts of the city, the fires joined up to create a 'firestorm' .
Some of the greatest losses in Los Alamos occurred not in 'firestorms' but from lower-intensity surface fires.
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.
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.
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.
Radio warnings effectively mobilized fire brigades and civil defence workers but neither could control the 'firestorms' which swept across northern Tokyo.
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