conflagrate

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈkänfləˌgrāt/

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Verb

Plain form conflagrate

Third-person singular conflagrates

Past tense conflagrated

Past participle conflagrated

Present participle conflagrating

1. (intransitive) If something conflagrates, it catches fire.
2. (transitive) If you conflagrate something, you set in on fire.