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as in explosions
a sudden intense expression of strong feeling
she felt a blaze of resentment upon hearing that she had been passed over for promotion
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as in glows
the steady giving off of the form of radiation that makes vision possible
temporarily blinded by the blaze of dozens of camera lights
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as in announces
to make known openly or publicly
the White House didn't waste a minute in blazing the lower unemployment figures
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as in burns
to be on fire especially brightly
the house blazed for over three hours in the late-night fire
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as in flames
to shine with a bright harsh light
the spotlight blazed through my window
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as in races
to proceed or move quickly
an extreme skier went blazing down the ski slope at a reckless pace
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Recent Examples of blazes
Grayson Haver Currin, Outside, 30 Oct. 2025
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex later visited victims and distributed supplies in Southern California and paid tribute to the firefighters who helped battle the devastating blazes.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
The alleged attacks have included blazes at a shopping mall in Poland and an Ikea store in Lithuania, cyberattacks on Czech railways, and the vandalism of Jewish buildings in France.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
His new visions are shattered by an explosion of light and color as, beneath his fist, the green light blazes, the kyber crystal of the Jedi screaming in corruption and cowardice, in fear and loathing—the lies of the Jedi revealed at last.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Climate Central’s version of the database will be more granular than the government’s, tracking events that do as little as $100 million worth of damage and scrutinizing wildfires more closely, logging individual blazes as opposed to seasonal regional figures, as the government does.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
But experts long ago observed that wildland blazes throw off embers, which can soar on winds to ignite dwellings miles away.
—Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
According to a new survey by the Department of Angels, a fire recovery program launched after the blazes, roughly 75 percent of Pacific Palisades residents and 67 percent of Altadena residents are in temporary housing.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
As catastrophic wildfires spur insurance companies to raise homeowner premiums and drop thousands of policyholders across California, the industry has blamed climate change for fueling the blazes.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
Last year, dry fall weather in Southern California played a role in fueling major fires, like the Eaton and Palisades blazes, only weeks before the state’s typical period of atmospheric river storm events.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
Venus blazes low in the east, followed by brilliant Jupiter and Saturn, while dimmer Uranus and Neptune linger in the background.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
But there was nothing in the way of a memorial, only a sign pointing north and south and a series of blue blazes leading to a nearby spring.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside, 30 Oct. 2025
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex later visited victims and distributed supplies in Southern California and paid tribute to the firefighters who helped battle the devastating blazes.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
The alleged attacks have included blazes at a shopping mall in Poland and an Ikea store in Lithuania, cyberattacks on Czech railways, and the vandalism of Jewish buildings in France.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
His new visions are shattered by an explosion of light and color as, beneath his fist, the green light blazes, the kyber crystal of the Jedi screaming in corruption and cowardice, in fear and loathing—the lies of the Jedi revealed at last.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
Climate Central’s version of the database will be more granular than the government’s, tracking events that do as little as $100 million worth of damage and scrutinizing wildfires more closely, logging individual blazes as opposed to seasonal regional figures, as the government does.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025
But experts long ago observed that wildland blazes throw off embers, which can soar on winds to ignite dwellings miles away.
—Ingfei Chen, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
According to a new survey by the Department of Angels, a fire recovery program launched after the blazes, roughly 75 percent of Pacific Palisades residents and 67 percent of Altadena residents are in temporary housing.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
As catastrophic wildfires spur insurance companies to raise homeowner premiums and drop thousands of policyholders across California, the industry has blamed climate change for fueling the blazes.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025
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The record was created with Shellback and Max Martin in between shows on the career-spanning Eras Tour, which lit a fire in the singer-songwriter that blazes across each of its 12 tracks.
—Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
Last year, dry fall weather in Southern California played a role in fueling major fires, like the Eaton and Palisades blazes, only weeks before the state’s typical period of atmospheric river storm events.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
Venus blazes low in the east, followed by brilliant Jupiter and Saturn, while dimmer Uranus and Neptune linger in the background.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blazes
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These meteors are particularly known for being rich in fireballs, illuminating the sky with large explosions of light and color, and can produce about five meteors an hour at their peak.—
Maia Pandey,
jsonline.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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It’s most often seen in people who play sports like football, hockey and soccer, but it’s also been detected in the brains of soldiers who have been injured in explosions and in some people who experienced domestic violence.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The ash of the cigarette glows in the darkness of the truck.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Essentially the second tone knob engages an onboard distortion circuit, and when it's activated, a rendering of Godzilla on the pickguard glows and pulsates, the brightness varying depending on the gain levels.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
24 Oct. 2025
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Fortunately, Marty, posing as a federal agent here to arrest Lee for harassment, bursts through the One Well doors in the nick of time.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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These collisions unleash bursts of energy, allowing physicists to explore the most fundamental building blocks of the universe.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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Unfortunately, things took a dramatic turn at the end of the hour when Drew arrived at the church, drawing intense glares from nearly everyone in attendance.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
25 Sep. 2025
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Based on Alice Oseman's popular webcomic turned graphic novels, Heartstopper is loaded with longing glares, timid greetings, delicate touches, and all the definitive hallmarks of young love as two classmates fall for each other at Truham Grammar School for Boys.—
James Mercadante,
EW.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Historically, volcanic eruptions have blasted millions of tons of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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These vast eruptions hurl immense clouds of magnetized plasma from the sun's corona into interplanetary space, sometimes at millions of miles per hour.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Like, the whole cockpit was lit up — lights, sirens.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Never use your high-beam lights.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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These outbursts send radiation and charged particles hurling into space and can disrupt communications on Earth if the flare erupts from an Earth-facing sunspot.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
5 Nov. 2025
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Musk, whose partisan outbursts reportedly cost Tesla one million sales, remains the world’s wealthiest person, and could become the first-ever trillionaire.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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My reflection is tall, perhaps rather like an arrow, my blond hair gleams.—
Emily Temple,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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Below, the Winged Victory gleams in the garden.—
Erica Wertheim Zohar,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Blazes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blazes. Accessed 10 Nov. 2025.
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