ablaze
adjective or adverb
1
: being on fire
2
: radiant with light or emotion
his face all ablaze with excitement—
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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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Five vehicles owned by Google’s self-driving spinoff Waymo were set ablaze last Sunday during protests against the Trump administration’s immigration policies.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 14 June 2025
Photos from the scene in California captured protesters blocking streets, throwing bricks at law enforcement and setting cars ablaze.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2025
Another appeared to use a makeshift flamethrower to set the interior of a car ablaze.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
That Denver stretched the series this far, with shoulders and hamstrings ablaze with pain, is already an accomplishment.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 17 May 2025
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David Ingram, NBC news, 14 June 2025
Photos from the scene in California captured protesters blocking streets, throwing bricks at law enforcement and setting cars ablaze.
—Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 10 June 2025
Another appeared to use a makeshift flamethrower to set the interior of a car ablaze.
—Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
That Denver stretched the series this far, with shoulders and hamstrings ablaze with pain, is already an accomplishment.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 17 May 2025
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“Ablaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ablaze. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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ablaze
adjective1
: being on fire
2
: radiant with light or bright color
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