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炎上
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 炎上.
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Entry
1
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building)
Examples
家は炎上していた。
The house was in flames.
2
Colloquial
stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
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