blazing (up)

verb

Definition of blazing (up)next
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blazing (up)
  1. erupting
  2. exploding
  3. breaking out
Verb
  • There will be body parts severed, much (blue) blood spilled, and extreme violence erupting in every corner of the Zellners’ brutalist designs and impressively immersive world-building that needs to be seen to be believed.
    — Tomris Laffly, Variety, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Screenshot of mobile phone footage of the Anak Krakatau volcano erupting, seen from the sea.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of erupting
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  • The cost of living for middle class families for average Americans is exploding.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Octane measures how well fuel resists exploding prematurely under compression in a gasoline engine.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of exploding
Verb
  • 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
Definition of breaking out
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