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   blaze

   /bleɪz/

   noun

   • 1. a very large or fiercely burning fire: "twenty firemen fought the blaze" Similar fireflamesconflagrationinfernoholocaustfirestorm
   • ▪ a very bright display of light or colour: "the gardens in summer are a blaze of colour" Similar glaregleamflashburstflaredazzlestreakradiancebrilliancebeamglitter
   • ▪ a conspicuous display or outburst of something: "White ended the season in a blaze of glory, with seven goals in as many games" Similar outburstbursteruptionflare-upexplosionoutbreakblow-upblastattackfitspasmparoxysmaccessrushgalefloodstormhurricanetorrentoutpouringsurgeupsurgespurteffusionoutflowoutflowingwelling upinformal:splurtrare:ebullitionboutade
   • 2. used in various expressions of anger, bewilderment, or surprise as a euphemism for ‘hell’: informal "‘Go to blazes!’ he shouted" Similar outburstbursteruptionflare-upexplosionoutbreakblow-upblastattackfitspasmparoxysmaccessrushgalefloodstormhurricanetorrentoutpouringsurgeupsurgespurteffusionoutflowoutflowingwelling upinformal:splurtrare:ebullitionboutade

   verb

   • 1. burn fiercely or brightly: "plumes of smoke rose from fires blazing around the city" Similar burnbe ablazebe alightbe on firebe in flamesflamebe aflameflare upliterary:be afirearchaic:be ardent
   • ▪ shine brightly or powerfully: "the sun blazed down" Similar shinebeamflashflareglaregleamglintdazzleglitterglistenbe radiantburn brightly
   • 2. (of a gun) fire repeatedly or indiscriminately: "they stormed with main entrance with guns blazing" Similar fire (away)shoot (away)blast (away)let flydischarge
   • ▪ fire a gun repeatedly or continuously: "soldiers blazed away with sub-machine guns"
   • 3. achieve something in an impressive manner: informal "she blazed to a gold medal in the 200-metre sprint"
   • ▪ hit (a ball) with impressive strength: "he blazed a drive into the rough"
   • 4. smoke cannabis. informal

   Word Origin Old Englishblæse ‘torch, bright fire’, of Germanic origin; related ultimately to blaze2.

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