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
  • Brian Osorio Zuluaga/Facebook The five men in the video slowly remove the baby then shout for a paramedic before erupting in a euphoric cheer.
    — Duarte Dias, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Footage shared by the company showed massive flames and fireballs erupting from the facility.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of erupting
Verb
  • Those reforms led to huge reduction in poverty, an exploding middle class and a scramble by foreign companies to access the lucrative Chinese market.
    — CNN Staff, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The Tremont fire comes just days after an exploding Tesla in Seattle sent two firefighters to the hospital.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of exploding
Verb
  • After celebrating, a video posted by BBC Sport showed the Belgian squad huddling together to bask in their victory, before breaking out into dance.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
  • Frustration is boiling over, and fights are breaking out between people struggling to buy rationed supplies of gasoline.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 27 June 2026
Definition of breaking out
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“Blazing (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blazing%20%28up%29. Accessed 14 Aug. 2026.

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