9 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
noun a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area
noun an outburst of controversy
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire English storm English firestorm From fire + storm.
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