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Synonyms for blaze

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : bleyz
Phonetic Transcription : bleɪz

Top 10 synonyms for blaze
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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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