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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Firefighters battled enormous blazes in León and the neighbouring Galicia region throughout much of August and during the summer 0.8 percent of the country's total surface area was burned.
From BBC
The full power of Ms. Williams’s performance blazes forth in the play’s climactic scene.
At others, embers from the blazes landed on trash and recycling bins close to the houses, sometimes burning holes through the plastic lids and igniting the material inside.
From Los Angeles Times
This and other recent rainfall have done much to moisten the landscape and make it harder for blazes to start.
From Los Angeles Times
It wouldn’t be until February, well after the blazes had already devastated Altadena, Pacific Palisades and Malibu, that the region saw enough rain to bring fire season to a close.
From Los Angeles Times
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