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ablaze

adjective or adverb

1
: being on fire
2
: radiant with light or emotion
his face all ablaze with excitement Bram Stoker

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Not long before the sun came up, the Firebaughs saw that their ridge top was ablaze in bright orange flames that would eventually consume their house. Ingfei Chen, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2022 Thousands of National Guard soldiers patrolled the streets of Tijuana after armed and hooded criminals effectively shut down the city by forcing passengers off public transportation and setting taxis ablaze. Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2022 Firearms are rarely used in Japan, where most attacks involve stabbings or dousing a place with gasoline and setting it ablaze, or running haywire on the street in a vehicle. Yuri Kageyama, Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2022 Such weapons are rarely used in Japan, where most attacks involve stabbings or dousing a place with gasoline and setting it ablaze, or running haywire on the street in a vehicle. Yuri Kageyama, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2022 According to the report, security footage obtained from Dearborn Fresh Supermarket shows a man pouring flammable liquid onto the side of the store and then setting it ablaze early on Sunday morning. Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press, 8 May 2022 By the end of November, just about everything surrounding the Chicago Bears football team was undeniably ablaze. Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2022 Firefighters arrived within a few minutes to find the home fully ablaze with flames coming out of windows, Murdock said. Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2022 Photos showed homes ablaze and clouds of smoke climbing high into the air. Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1676, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of ablaze was circa 1676

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