blaze
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3.5
- noun
- /bleɪz/
:
incendio
- Smoke filled the sky as a large blaze engulfed the abandoned warehouse at the edge of town.
- blaze of glory
And inside the building it was already a blaze.
- And inside the building it was already a blaze.
- The week before, another blaze destroyed a beautiful House of worship in Islington.
Examples
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The tavern owner had died in the blaze that burned the building to the ground.
Fiction book (1994) -
They're dropping water to put this blaze out.
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Whoa, spread like a forest blaze
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A bright blue blaze of daylight.
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Last year over 200 blazes were reported, and 11 people lost their lives.
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In here it's like a four-alarm blaze.
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The week before, another blaze destroyed a beautiful House of worship in Islington.
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I am told not a single creature survived the blaze that razed the building.
Fiction book (1992) -
In 2004, lightning kindled a blaze in the Matazal Wilderness, further north.
Academic text (2008) -
Earlier today, L.A. County fire-fighter Dennis Vinyard... was shot and killed battling a blaze... at a suspected Compton drug den.
Synonyms
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4.9
A very bright ball of fire and light seen in the sky after a big explosion
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3.7
A sudden bright light or flame that appears briefly
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3.3
A very bright, harsh light that is hard to look at
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7.6
A very large fire that is out of control
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4.5
A very bright light that makes it hard to see
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2.3
A very large bright fire that burns strongly
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5.7
A sudden strong flash of flames or energy that happens quickly
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8.3
A fire lit on a hill or tower to signal people far away
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Etymology
The word blaze originally named a very bright fire or light. Think of a sudden 'blaze' of lightning that lights the sky, which is why it now means a very strong, intense flame or light.