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Firestorm

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A fire whose intensity is greatly increased by inrushing winds.
  2. 2
    an outburst of controversy wordnet
  3. 3
    An intense or violent altercation; an intense or violent response; an outburst (as of controversy) figuratively

    "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: […]"

  4. 4
    a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area wordnet

Etymology

From fire + storm.

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