as in erupted
to develop suddenly and violently
after years of decline, street crime blazed up again
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When Posa slammed Washington quarterback Demond Williams to the ground for a game-clincher on fourth-and-6, some 70,000 fans erupted as if thawed from a long freeze.—
Ira Gorawara,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025 -
Footage of the crash showed a towering wave of smoke and flames billowing skyward near the airport after the low-flying plane struggled to climb and then erupted into an enormous fireball on impact.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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But things do appear to have exploded dramatically in the last half-decade.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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Drug-overdose numbers exploded.—
David Merritt Johns,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Some broke out into dancing, while many became emotional, hugging one another.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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The brothers chased the intruder out of the house and into a nearby alley, where a fight broke out.—
Sarah Volpenhein,
jsonline.com,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Blazed (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blazed%20%28up%29. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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