infernos
Uncontrollable raging flames
Infernos is the plural of inferno, a large fire that burns intensely and is difficult or impossible to control.
The word comes from Latin for hell, and that association gives inferno a sense of destructive, overwhelming heat beyond an ordinary fire.
The wildfires became raging infernos that consumed entire neighborhoods.
Figuratively, any situation of intense heat, chaos, or suffering might be called an inferno.
Intense burning fire
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- wildfireUncontrolled vegetation blaze
- firestormSelf-perpetuating intense blaze
burning · combustion · ember · smoke · ash · heat · destruction · engulfing
Italian epic poet
- hellUnderworld of suffering
- damnationEternal punishment decree
- underworldRealm of the departed
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
suffering · eternal · punishment · circles · abyss · brimstone · perdition · purgatory
Devastating, large-scale misfortune
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- firefightersEmergency personnel combating blazes
rescue · devastation · destruction · victims · survivors · damage · loss · aftermath
blaze
Intense burning fire
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- wildfireUncontrolled vegetation blaze
firestorm · burning · combustion · ember · smoke · ash · heat · destruction · engulfing · raging
Dante
Italian epic poet
- hellUnderworld of suffering
- damnationEternal punishment decree
- underworldRealm of the departed
torment · suffering · eternal · punishment · circles · abyss · brimstone · perdition · purgatory · descent
catastrophe
Devastating, large-scale misfortune
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- evacuationRemoval from danger
firefighters · rescue · devastation · destruction · victims · survivors · damage · loss · aftermath · arson
chaos
Complete disorder and confusion
passion · intensity · frenzy · upheaval · tumult · maelstrom · tempest · bedlam · pandemonium · explosion
- extreme energynuclear power, gamma rays, supernovas, explosions, fusion
infernosice storms
Freezing rain accumulation events
blizzards · freezing cold · tundras · glaciers · deep freezes
- towering infernoExtremely tall fire
- Dante's InfernoEpic poem depicting hell
- The Towering InfernoMassive building ablaze
- Disco InfernoFunk hit about flames