Thesaurus results for BLAZING (UP)

blazing (up)

verb

Definition of blazing (up)

present participle of blaze (up)

as in erupting

to develop suddenly and violently after years of decline, street crime blazed up again

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The Hunga caldera is thought to have collapsed even as the volcano was erupting.

— Yook Ji Hun, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2026
However, this doesn't seem to be the case with the jets erupting from blazar 3C 345.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026

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If civilian use of wireless technologies is exploding, military applications are also rising, and everything from drones to armored vehicles is now part of the larger set of attack units.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2026
Viard watched firsthand as fashion ballooned into a global industry, designers becoming celebrities unto themselves and budgets exploding.

— Olivier Bouchara, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026

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Since breaking out in the tween-friendly Twilight saga twenty years ago, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson have each transformed themselves into Hollywood’s most arthouse-friendly weirdos.

— Nate Jones, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026
The dispute led to a fight breaking out, during which police allege 47-year-old Victor Rivera Hartford stabbed Tellado.

— Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 31 Aug. 2026

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