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Antonyms for blaze
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : bleyz |
Phonetic Transcription : bleɪz |
Definition of blaze
Origin :- "bright flame, fire," Old English blæse "a torch, flame, firebrand, lamp," from Proto-Germanic *blas- "shining, white" (cf. Old Saxon blas "white, whitish," Middle High German blas "bald," originally "white, shining," Old High German blas-ros "horse with a white spot," Middle Dutch and Dutch bles, German Blesse "white spot," blass "pale, whitish"), from PIE root *bhel- (1) "to shine, flash, burn" (see bleach (v.)).
- noun fire
- noun flash of light
- noun torrent
- verb burn brightly
- When she woke it was to a blaze of sunlight, but caught in the net of her closed curtains.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Dry and worm-eaten, a spark upon them became a smoulder, and a smoulder a blaze.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Yates gathered some fuel, and managed to coax the dying embers into a blaze.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- The flash of orange, the blaze of red, the gleam of green, were what she needed.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- Every once in a while women threw armfuls of fuel on the blaze.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- But only for a time, for suddenly it flamed out in a blaze of glory.
- Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle
- At last it grew dark, and torches began to blaze in front of the booths.
- Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
- To her, the blaze of the Set's smartness was but the flicker of a penny dip.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- Dick took it and went to the kitchen, where the big fire had just begun to blaze.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- Half the time they were blinded by the smoke and blaze of the firing.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
Synonyms for blaze
- beam
- blast
- bonfire
- brilliance
- burning
- burst
- burst out
- combustion
- conflagration
- coruscate
- eruption
- explode
- fire
- flame
- flames
- flare
- flare-up
- flash
- flicker
- fulgurate
- fury
- glare
- gleam
- glitter
- glow
- holocaust
- illuminate
- illumine
- incandesce
- jet
- light
- outbreak
- outburst
- radiance
- radiate
- rush
- scintillate
- shimmer
- shine
- sparkle
- storm
- wildfire
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