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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Four fires have set thousands of acres ablaze in central and western Nebraska, according to USA TODAY's data.
—Julia Gomez, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
Images taken on March 2 show ships ablaze at the port.
—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Kansas won comfortably, but social media was ablaze.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026
Oil tankers ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz, from which 20 percent of the world’s oil flows.
—ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
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Julia Gomez, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
Images taken on March 2 show ships ablaze at the port.
—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 17 Mar. 2026
Kansas won comfortably, but social media was ablaze.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2026
Oil tankers ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz, from which 20 percent of the world’s oil flows.
—ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
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 24 Mar. 2026.
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ablaze
adjective1
: being on fire
2
: radiant with light or bright color
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