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!
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With constant blazes, shrubs cannot replenish their seed banks fast enough and, eventually, there are few seeds left for the plants to grow from after fire.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Footage posted online showed blazes tearing through homes in the communities of San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
Four people died on Indonesia's Java island fighting the blazes that have been sending toxic smoke across southeast Asia, closing schools and fuelling a surge of respiratory complaints in the region, authorities said Friday.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
The threat of exposure to the blazes led to them being evacuated in early September, Yiara said.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
It was hotter than blazes in South Dakota.
From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech
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