conflagration

(Lat. con flag ratio, from conflagro to burn together: con cum with, together; flagro to burn.] 1. Lit .: A general burning, a fire on a large scale, and extending to many things. ". the lituus of Romulus was found unhurt in the ashes of the Casa Romuli after the conflagration ."Lewis: Cred. Early Roman Hist . (1855), ch. xii., pt. v., § 83, vol. ii., p. 335. *2. Fig .: A general disturbance, such as an insurrection, a war.