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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It disputes responsibility for the blazes but has settled claims nonetheless.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
O’Brien said investigators determined that the blazes were “actually one continuous fire,” with embers surviving in underground roots before powerful winds brought them back to the surface.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026
Malaysia has at times dealt with acute haze stemming from blazes on local land.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Indonesian schoolchildren prayed for rain on Thursday as another firefighter lost his life battling drought-fuelled blazes consuming forests and peatlands and blanketing parts of Southeast Asia in a sickening haze.
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026
When Paulette nodded, teeth chattering, Stella asked, “What in blazes were you doing in the pond in the middle of the night?”
From "Stella by Starlight" by Sharon M. Draper
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