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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Bright orange patches on the below image mark areas that are still ablaze, while brown tones show all the dead vegetation left behind by the fire.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
Before the full moon, this weekend's sky will be ablaze with zooming fireballs and shooting stars from three different meteor showers all at the same time — including Perseids.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
That kingdom come is in the form of an ultimate soldier, that being Ares (Oscar winner Jared Leto), who has come to Earth all ablaze in red neon lights, and the floating upside-down ‘U’ Tron-thingy; these shooting lasers are splicing this and that and forming all sorts of light-cycle pathways.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 July 2025
Wildfires are ablaze across Canada, Alaska and some western states, causing poor air quality in Midwest states and several Canadian provinces.
—Sara Chernikoff, USA Today, 16 July 2025
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Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
Before the full moon, this weekend's sky will be ablaze with zooming fireballs and shooting stars from three different meteor showers all at the same time — including Perseids.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
That kingdom come is in the form of an ultimate soldier, that being Ares (Oscar winner Jared Leto), who has come to Earth all ablaze in red neon lights, and the floating upside-down ‘U’ Tron-thingy; these shooting lasers are splicing this and that and forming all sorts of light-cycle pathways.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 17 July 2025
Wildfires are ablaze across Canada, Alaska and some western states, causing poor air quality in Midwest states and several Canadian provinces.
—Sara Chernikoff, USA Today, 16 July 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 20 Aug. 2025.
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ablaze
adjective1
: being on fire
2
: radiant with light or bright color
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