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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Indonesia experiences fires every dry season, but this year's blazes have been particularly severe, making hundreds of thousands of people ill.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
The government will host its first "wildfire resilience summit" on Friday to discuss how to prevent, respond to and recover from such blazes after a record-breaking summer 2026.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
On the surface, the flames are out – but underground, smouldering blazes continue to burn through a deep understory of carbon, vegetation and peat.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Morton warned that some of the current blazes could therefore burn more intensely than before.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026
On the twelfth knell, the bonfire blazes, white and hot.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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