Meaning of towering inferno | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A tall fire, as of a building.
   poetic
2. A powerful, untamed force.

Examples

“We fed the campfire until it became a towering inferno before us.”

“[T]he most compelling argument for avoiding Chungking Mansion is one of safety — it could be a towering inferno waiting to happen.”

“[A]nyone saying now that humans are a towering inferno of irrationality ought to be challenged, and aggressively so.”

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