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1blaze — 01. Firemen say the [blaze] that destroyed the school started in the furnace room. 02. We built a [blazing] fire on the beach and cooked our supper over it. 03. A brilliant sunset [blazed] in the evening sky. 04. The wreckage of the car [blazed]… …
2ablaze — a|blaze [əˈbleız] adj [not before noun] written 1.) burning strongly with a lot of flames →↑blaze ▪ Within minutes the whole house was ablaze. ▪ The factory had been set ablaze (=made to burn) . 2.) very bright or colourful ▪ a passing pleasure… …
3ablaze — adjective 1 be ablaze to be burning with a lot of flames, often causing serious damage: Within minutes the whole house was ablaze. | set sth ablaze (=make something burn a lot): A tanker was set ablaze in the gunboat attack. 2 filled with a lot… …
4ablaze — a|blaze [ ə bleız ] adjective never before noun 1. ) burning with a lot of flames: set something ablaze (=start something burning): Within minutes, the whole building had been set ablaze. 2. ) LITERARY bright and full of light or color 3. )… …
5a|blaze — «uh BLAYZ», adjective, adverb. 1. on fire; in a blaze; blazing: »The forest was set ablaze by lightning. 2. shining brightly; flashing or brilliant: »The hotel was ablaze with lights. 3. in great excitement: »I was ablaze with anger when he… …
6em|blaze — em|blaze1 «ehm BLAYZ», transitive verb, blazed, blaz|ing. 1. to set ablaze; kindle. 2. to cause to light up, glow, or shine. SYNONYM(S): illuminate. ╂[< em 1 + blaze, noun] …
7emblaze — v. a. 1. Blazon. See emblazon, 1. 2. Kindle, set in a blaze or ablaze. 3. Adorn with glittering ornaments, make glitter or gleam or shine. 4. Display, blazon, make ostentation of …
8Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …
9burn — [v1] be on fire; set on fire bake, be ablaze, blaze, brand, broil, calcine, cauterize, char, combust, conflagrate, cook, cremate, enkindle, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glow, heat, ignite, incinerate, kindle, light, melt, parch, reduce to ashes …
10Disasters — ▪ 2009 Introduction Aviation January 23, Poland. A Spanish built CASA transport plane carrying members of the Polish air force home from a conference on flight safety in Warsaw crashes near the town of Miroslawiec; all 20 aboard are killed …
