ablaze
adjective or adverb
1
: being on fire
2
: radiant with light or emotion
… his face all ablaze with excitement.—
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the entire block was ablaze by the time firefighters arrived
that night the ballroom, ablaze with light, looked very different from the curtained room it usually was by day
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The coup de grâce is a wagon packed with flaming barrels, which is shepherded down a hill and into the front of the Van Ness manor, setting it ablaze and offering a defiant victory for the underdogs.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025
This case is the latest of a string of attacks in public transport in US cities in recent years, with victims intentionally set ablaze, notably in New York and Chicago, including train workers.
—Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 6 Dec. 2025
Effigies of Mehta were set ablaze.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Dec. 2025
Last October, the internet was set ablaze when a picture of Paltrow, 53, kissing Chalamet, 29, on the set of their new movie went viral.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Dec. 2025
This case is the latest of a string of attacks in public transport in US cities in recent years, with victims intentionally set ablaze, notably in New York and Chicago, including train workers.
—Gordon Ebanks, CNN Money, 6 Dec. 2025
Effigies of Mehta were set ablaze.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Dec. 2025
Last October, the internet was set ablaze when a picture of Paltrow, 53, kissing Chalamet, 29, on the set of their new movie went viral.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 3 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ablaze
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“Ablaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ablaze. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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ablaze
adjective1
: being on fire
2
: radiant with light or bright color
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