ablaze
adjective or adverb
1
: being on fire
2
: radiant with light or emotion
his face all ablaze with excitement—
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Examples of ablaze in a Sentence
the entire block was ablaze by the time firefighters arrived
that night the ballroom, ablaze with light, looked very different from the curtained room it usually was by day
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Before everyone knew it, the country’s main public hospital, already shuttered because of gang attacks last year and repeatedly vandalized several times since, was ablaze, its operating rooms, ophthalmology and orthopedic departments inside a temporary structure up in flames.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025
The site protects the remains of the nuclear reactor that exploded in Chernobyl in 1986 and was reportedly set ablaze after an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) struck the NSC roof.
—Christina Shaw, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2025
By the time the brigade arrived, the school was ablaze and reports came in that flames were devouring an area called the Alphabet Streets.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
If the figure were to set them ablaze, there’d be nothing Henry could do to put them out.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
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Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 18 Feb. 2025
The site protects the remains of the nuclear reactor that exploded in Chernobyl in 1986 and was reportedly set ablaze after an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) struck the NSC roof.
—Christina Shaw, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2025
By the time the brigade arrived, the school was ablaze and reports came in that flames were devouring an area called the Alphabet Streets.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
If the figure were to set them ablaze, there’d be nothing Henry could do to put them out.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Ablaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ablaze. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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ablaze
adjective1
: being on fire
2
: radiant with light or bright color
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