Meaning firestorm
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firestorm


also fire-storm, 1580s, in poetry, from fire (n.) + storm (n.). From 1945 in reality, in reference to nuclear war.
Source: etymonline.com

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firestorm


Stationary mass fire, generally in builtup urban areas, causing strong, inrushing winds from all sides; the winds keep the fires from spreading while adding fresh oxygen to increase their intensity.
Source: atomicarchive.com

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firestorm


(n) a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area(n) an outburst of controversy
Source: beedictionary.com





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