GRE重点词汇解析：conflagration

　　conflagration: 战争： a state of armed violent struggle between states, nations, or groups

　　1) a great fire

　　【考法1】n. 大火： a large destructive fire

　　【例】 All the stock was destroyed in a warehouse conflagration. 仓库里所有的货物都被一场大火烧毁了。

　　【近】 holocaust, inferno

　　【考法2】n. 武装冲突，战争： a state of armed violent struggle between states, nations, or groups

　　【例】 What began as a skirmish over disputed territory erupted into a conflagration that swept the continent.

　　这场席卷整个大陆的战争是由之前关于有纠纷的领土的小冲突引发的。

　　【近】 conflict, war, warfare

　　【反】 peace 和平;truce 休战