firestorm

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Noun firestorm has 2 senses

firestorm - a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area
--₁ is a kind of storm, violent storm
firestorm - an outburst of controversy; "the incident triggered a political firestorm"
--₂ is a kind of controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing