blazes
Britishplural noun
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slang a euphemistic word for hell
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informal (intensifier)
to run like blazes
what the blazes are you doing?
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slang go to hell!
Example Sentences
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That property, which is located in an area that was significantly affected by the California wildfires in January 2025, survived the blazes.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
France has registered nearly 11,000 fires since the beginning of the year, with President Emmanuel Macron saying last week that there had not been so many blazes in the country since World War Two.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026
Such blazes have large vertical growth and can spread rapidly even when not driven by the wind.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Almost 900 blazes are burning across a vast boreal forest in the country’s hardest-to-reach, least-populous areas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
For her it’s blue, watercolor, not this red of mine that sucks in heat and blazes with it at the same time.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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