firestorm

n.

1. A fire of great size and intensity that generates and is fed by strong inrushing winds from all sides: the firestorm that leveled Hiroshima after the atomic blast.
2. An intense or violent response: "The discovery that your child has a learning disorder can set off a firestorm of emotions" (Judith Harkness Richardson).

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ildstorm, fladebrand

Nederlands (Dutch)
vuurstorm, heftige/ plotselinge uitbarsting

Français (French)
n. - tempête de feu

Deutsch (German)
n. - Feuersturm

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - πύρινη θύελλα

Italiano (Italian)
tempesta di fuoco

Português (Portuguese)
n. - grande incêndio (m) (geralmente após um bombardeio)

Русский (Russian)
пламя

Español (Spanish)
n. - viento muy fuerte como consecuencia del fuego (generalmente ocasionado por bombardeos)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - brandstorm

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
大爆发

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 大爆發

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 불기둥, 화재폭풍

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 火事場風, 激発

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عاصفه ناريه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סופת אש (בד"כ כתוצאה מהפצצה כבדה), סערה (פוליטית)‬

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