blazing
Americanadjective
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burning brightly and with great heat, force, etc.
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of tremendous intensity or fervor.
a performance of blazing ferocity.
Other Word Forms
- blazingly adverb
Etymology
Origin of blazing
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; blaze 1, -ing 2
Example Sentences
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The second summer of love - as it became known - shone brightly for several years, from the Hacienda to Spike Island, before burning out... blazing a trail for Britpop.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
Approach this as a collaborative effort, not as a sister parachuting into his personal and financial life all guns blazing.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026
“Dubai is trying to weather this storm by going all guns blazing, trying to maintain its reputational economy,” said Marc Owen Jones, associate professor of media analytics at Northwestern University in Qatar.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Under a blazing sun, the green sea turtle thwapped the surface of the San Gabriel River with her sole front flipper as aquarium staffers gripped her shell.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
A dozen places stung, some with scratches and bruises, others from the blazing heat of the wildfire.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
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