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inferno

[in-fur-noh, een-fer-naw] / ɪnˈfɜr noʊ, inˈfɛr nɔ /


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The chips were made from trees killed in the 2020 Castle fire, an inferno that left thousands of acres of standing dead trunks.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

Newsom had pushed for deeper changes to how wildfires are paid for, and who pays, when an electric utility’s equipment sparks a destructive inferno.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026

When they start shooting a movie together, they begin to understand their connection to this ancient evil, and their place in a cyclical inferno wrought by absent parents and bad weather.

From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026

"It was like the scenes of the Blitz, just a blazing inferno, the flames were moving so quickly," she said.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

With the boards on the windows, he can’t see the inferno in the store unless he looks through the front door.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas

Gone are the days of not decontaminating equipment, leaving the ashes on helmets and jackets, in order to boast of past infernos.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Scientists say human-caused climate change has made the extreme conditions that fuel those infernos twice as likely as in a pre-industrial climate.

From Barron's ● Aug. 3, 2026

President Trump last month lambasted the company’s “absolutely horrible” response to the L.A. infernos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 4, 2026

Water managers and experts said the water systems in Pacific Palisades and Altadena were never designed for wildfires that rage through entire neighborhoods, or for infernos intensified by climate change.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

The volume of the infernos roar also died down enough that he could hear the crunching sounds of his footsteps again.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner


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