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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Neighbors, who spoke to ABC 7, said that some of the home's surviving residents who lived on the first floor tried to save the victims upstairs, but the stairs were ablaze.
—Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
The September attack at a Michigan church in which a gunman opened fire and set the building ablaze was motivated by anti-religious beliefs, the FBI announced Friday.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
Police ordered an overnight curfew in Dar es Salaam, a city of more than seven million people, after government offices and other buildings were set ablaze.
—Reuters 10 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Protesters toppled the statue and set it ablaze in June 2020 during the Black Lives Matter movement.
—NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
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Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
The September attack at a Michigan church in which a gunman opened fire and set the building ablaze was motivated by anti-religious beliefs, the FBI announced Friday.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 31 Oct. 2025
Police ordered an overnight curfew in Dar es Salaam, a city of more than seven million people, after government offices and other buildings were set ablaze.
—Reuters 10 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Protesters toppled the statue and set it ablaze in June 2020 during the Black Lives Matter movement.
—NPR, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Ablaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ablaze. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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ablaze
adjective1
: being on fire
2
: radiant with light or bright color
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