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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The interior of the building was already ablaze then.
—Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Houses in the Altadena and Pacific Palisades neighborhoods were still ablaze when talk turned to the cost of the Los Angeles firestorms and who would pay for it.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 3 Feb. 2025
For these desperate lovers on the run, played by Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern, the world always seems to be ablaze.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
This comes only weeks after much of Los Angeles was ablaze with many of the worst wildfires the city had ever seen.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
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Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
Houses in the Altadena and Pacific Palisades neighborhoods were still ablaze when talk turned to the cost of the Los Angeles firestorms and who would pay for it.
—Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, 3 Feb. 2025
For these desperate lovers on the run, played by Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern, the world always seems to be ablaze.
—Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
This comes only weeks after much of Los Angeles was ablaze with many of the worst wildfires the city had ever seen.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Ablaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ablaze. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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ablaze
adjective1
: being on fire
2
: radiant with light or bright color
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