firestorm
pronunciation
How to pronounce firestorm in British English:
UK [ˈfaɪəstɔ:m]
How to pronounce firestorm in American English:
US [ˈfaɪərstɔrm]
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- Noun:
- a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area
- an outburst of controversy
Word Origin
- firestorm (n.)
- also fire-storm, 1580s, in poetry, from fire (n.) + storm (n.). From 1945 in reality, in reference to nuclear war.
Example
- 1. It should not have ignited such a firestorm .
- 2. That unleashed a firestorm of criticism .
- 3. No sooner had we arrived than a firestorm broke out in arkansas involving the football team .
- 4. There is no known single cause for autism , and the debate over potential causes has ignited a media firestorm .
- 5. Pelosi 's charges ignited a firestorm .