firestorm Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˈfaɪə.stɔːm]
  • Us [ ˈfaɪr.stɔːrm]

Meaning of firestorm In English

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Examples of firestorm

  • His strategy of subtle pressure and misdirection served to further his political goals while avoiding the firestorm of popular indignation that would have resulted from a direct campaign of suppression.

  • His expanded version of a short satire, originally published in 1714, caused a firestorm of controversy during which on two occasions this volume was charged with being a public nuisance.

  • This dispute was not done in rapid fire, was not the sort of intellectual firestorm that now agitates the correspondence columns of literary reviews, but was enacted in stately leisure.

  • Swept by tornado winds, they rush together in a single firestorm.

  • The fire quickly turned into a firestorm with vortices of flames carrying burning shingles and wood throughout the park.

  • The firing set off a firestorm of protest from devoted fans.

  • The fire quickly spread into dense forest, creating spot fires that trapped some of the firefighters in a firestorm.

  • The third level fireball, known as the firestorm, is extremely powerful against single targets.

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