firestorm
See also: fire storm
English
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[edit]firestorm (plural firestorms)
- A fire whose intensity is greatly increased by inrushing winds.
- (figurative) An intense or violent altercation.
- 2012, Ann Baynes Coiro, Thomas Fulton, Rethinking Historicism from Shakespeare to Milton, page 243:
- In the print firestorm that followed the publication of the royal couple's letters, the generalissima was one polemical touchstone. The Annotations to The Kings Cabinet Opened itself depicted the queen as an enemy to king and country: […]
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[edit]Fire intensity greatly increased by winds
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