English
Noun
towering inferno (plural: towering infernos)
#a tall building that is engulfed by fire
#:[T]he most compelling argument for avoiding Chungking Mansion is one of
safety�it could be a towering inferno waiting to happen. Beth Reiber, Frommer's Hong Kong
#a tall fire
#:We fed the campfire until it became a towering inferno before us.
#a powerful, untamed force
#:[A]nyone saying now that humans are a towering inferno of irrationality ought to be challenged, and aggressively so. Michael S. Gazzaniga, The Mind's Past.
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