blaze (up)

verb

Definition of blaze (up)next
as in to erupt
to develop suddenly and violently after years of decline, street crime blazed up again

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blaze (up)
  1. erupt
  2. explode
  3. break out
Verb
  • The Mountain Fire erupted at 8:51 a.m. Wednesday and was fueled by what fire officials called a significant Santa Ana wind event, with gusts of over 60 mph.
    Phil Helsel, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Encounters with the opposing party erupted in shouting and worse.
    Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of erupt
Verb
  • In the face of tragedy, the armor protecting her interior fragility comes undone, and the same intense force of will that may or may not have exploded a copper pot or ignited fire to a poster directs itself inward.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
  • If Colorado voters ban mountain lion hunting, would the feline’s population explode — or stabilize on its own?
    Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of explode
Verb
  • But, like a superfluid, when spinning fast enough the material will still break out into vortices, which will get pinned between the atom clumps.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The plan appears to have targeted cargo planes and is linked to two fires—one that broke out at a courier facility in Germany and another that ignited in a warehouse in England.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of break out
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“Blaze (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blaze%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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