Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Destruction by fire.

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Examples

  • Adso has a horrible history to tell, of murderous doings ending in 'ecpyrosis' in a Benedictine monastery near the Apennines.

    Murder in the Monastery? Ellmann, Richard 1983

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  • Destruction by fire!!!

    December 20, 2009