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ablaze
[ uh-bleyz ]
adjective
- burning; on fire:
They set the logs ablaze.
- gleaming with bright lights, bold colors, etc.
- excited; eager; zealous; ardent.
- very angry.
ablaze
/ əˈbleɪz /
adjective
- on fire; burning
- brightly illuminated
- emotionally aroused
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When she returned an hour later, the lights were again ablaze.
Social media is ablaze over the Ray Rice video, wondering why his future wife stayed.
But not this year: the Middle East is ablaze in conflict, the Russians are busy destabilizing Ukraine.
Big scary Transformer-like robots with heads ablaze that frighten the kids back across the treacherous desert?
The Internet was ablaze Monday with the news of a computer passing the infamous Turing test—but not so fast.
Within a week all Missouri will be ablaze, and the hottest place for Yankees in all Christendom.
Every light in the hall was ablaze; every lamp turned as high as it could be without smoking the chimney or threatening explosion.
Bruder Kalkmann turned the handle and they entered a room ablaze with light and full of people.
In the evening when the electric lights were ablaze the Norwood lawns were a pretty sight 112 indeed.
I can see her now, erect and haughty, facing me across the dinner-table, her eyes ablaze with indignation.
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