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Firestorm

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Noun

1. firestorm

a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area

2. firestorm

an outburst of controversy

Example Sentences:
'the incident triggered a political firestorm'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Firestorm

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noun
an uncontrollable blaze sustained by violent winds that are drawn into the column of rising hot air over the burning area: often the result of heavy bombing

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Firestorm

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noun
1. 
an intense fire over a large area, as one initiated by an atomic explosion, that is sustained and spread by the inrushing winds created by the strong draft of rising hot air
2. 
a strong, often violent, outburst, disturbance, or upheaval

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Firestorm

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n.
1. A fire of great size and intensity that generates and is fed by strong inrushing winds from all sides: the firestorm that leveled Hiroshima after the atomic blast.
2. An intense or violent response: "The discovery that your child has a learning disorder can set off a firestorm of emotions" (Judith Harkness Richardson).

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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