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firestorm
noun 2
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4ADJ.
over, watched
VERB + FIRESTORM
coming, flames, meteor-caused, print, set
FIRESTORM + NOUN
criticism, full-page
PREP.
in, in, off, with
Definitions
noun
1
A fire whose intensity is greatly increased by inrushing winds.
2
An intense or violent altercation; an intense or violent response; an outburst (as of controversy)
In the print firestorm that followed the publication of the royal couple's letters, the generalissima was one polemical touchstone. The Annotations to The Kings Cabinet Opened itself depicted the queen as an enemy to king and country: […]
This past weekend, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach set off a firestorm with his full-page ad in the New York Times accusing National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice of turning a blind eye to the Rwandan genocide when she was on President Bill Clinton’s national security team in the 1990s.
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In the print firestorm that followed the publication of the royal couple's letters, the generalissima was one polemical touchstone. The Annotations to The Kings Cabinet Opened itself depicted the quee
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This past weekend, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach set off a firestorm with his full-page ad in the New York Times accusing National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice of turning a blind eye to the Rwandan genocide
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An American tourist who was reportedly filmed picking up and running off with a wild baby wombat fled Australia after officials threatened to cancel her visa in a firestorm of criticism over the incid
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Even those in hospitals won't be saved from the coming meteor-caused firestorm!
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The firestorm will hit in forty seconds.
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Oleg watched as the firestorm was approaching.
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