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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Multiple trees around a house also caught on fire and a car in the driveway was also ablaze, officials said.
—ABC News, 15 Oct. 2024
As of Thursday, more than 23,000 acres were ablaze as crews worked to extinguish a fire.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2024
Forests are ablaze, and almost 70,000 residents of the north, evacuated to safer places, have been unable to go home.
—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2024
Right-wing media was ablaze Monday with accusations that undocumented Haitian immigrants have taken over Springfield, Ohio, and, wait for it, are stealing and eating people’s pets.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
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ABC News, 15 Oct. 2024
As of Thursday, more than 23,000 acres were ablaze as crews worked to extinguish a fire.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2024
Forests are ablaze, and almost 70,000 residents of the north, evacuated to safer places, have been unable to go home.
—Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2024
Right-wing media was ablaze Monday with accusations that undocumented Haitian immigrants have taken over Springfield, Ohio, and, wait for it, are stealing and eating people’s pets.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Ablaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ablaze. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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ablaze
adjective1
: being on fire
2
: radiant with light or bright color
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