炎上

えんじょう

going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); 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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Meanings

  1. Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive

    going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building)
  2. stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mobColloquial

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