Ablaze
adjective
A thing or place that is burning or shining brightly.
The house was ablaze with lights.
Often appears as...
- set ablaze
- house ablaze
adjective
Very excited or passionate about something.
Her eyes were ablaze with anger.
Often appears as...
- eyes ablaze
- heart ablaze
Usage tips
Disapproving
adverb
In a way that a thing or place is burning or shining brightly.
The entire forest was set ablaze.
Often appears as...
- set ablaze
- go ablaze
adjective
A thing or place that is burning or shining brightly.
The house was ablaze with lights.
Often appears as...
- set ablaze
- house ablaze
adjective
Very excited or passionate about something.
Her eyes were ablaze with anger.
Often appears as...
- eyes ablaze
- heart ablaze
Usage tips
Disapproving
adverb
In a way that a thing or place is burning or shining brightly.
The entire forest was set ablaze.
Often appears as...
- set ablaze
- go ablaze
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Fire
Used when something is literally on fire with visible flames.
The campfire was ablaze, casting warm light around.
Pro Tip 2/3Bright Illumination
Describes places or objects that are brightly lit, not just fire.
The skyline was ablaze with the colors of the sunset.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Emphasis
Emphasizes the intensity or extent of a fire or light.
When the power came back, the whole building was ablaze.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Fire
Used when something is literally on fire with visible flames.
The campfire was ablaze, casting warm light around.
Pro Tip 2/3Bright Illumination
Describes places or objects that are brightly lit, not just fire.
The skyline was ablaze with the colors of the sunset.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Emphasis
Emphasizes the intensity or extent of a fire or light.
When the power came back, the whole building was ablaze.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Fire
Used when something is literally on fire with visible flames.
The campfire was ablaze, casting warm light around.
Pro Tip 2/3Bright Illumination
Describes places or objects that are brightly lit, not just fire.
The skyline was ablaze with the colors of the sunset.
Pro Tip 3/3Intensity Emphasis
Emphasizes the intensity or extent of a fire or light.
When the power came back, the whole building was ablaze.
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Once the forest is ablaze, it doesn't do any good to blow out the match. You have to blow out the match before the forest catches fire. Even before scientists sort this out, this information is actually really good news for us, because it turns out that the way we live can influence the accumulation
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Michael Pawlyn: Using...
uses very negative language. But here it's about synergies and abundance and optimizing. And this is an important point. Antoine de Saint-Exupery once said, "If you want to build a flotilla of ships, you don't sit around talking about carpentry. No, you need to set people's souls ablaze
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Imagine a typical It's after nightfall, the campfire is ablaze, an elder rises, eyes lock onto the wise, wrinkled face, and as the storyteller speaks, each listener imagines the events that are being described.
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Elizabeth Lindsey:...
that this is a testament to brilliant, brilliant technology and science and wisdom that is vanishing rapidly. Because when an elder dies a library is burned, and throughout the world, libraries are ablaze.
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How fire shapes...
fires Western Europe ablaze with lights well not all those lights are powered directly by industrial combustion but you can bet industrial fire is somewhere fundamental in their chain of creation
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Run, sail, or hide? How...
but buildings are ablaze in the hot, sulfurous air. Lucius climbs out of his closet and tries his front door, but a deep blanket of ash and stone won’t let it budge. His lamp flickers and dies.
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The Big Bang Reimagined...
time as we know it began within a few hundred thousand years the cosmos would be ablaze with stars hundreds of billions in our galaxy alone on the scale of galaxies and stars the
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Is telekinesis real? -...
When the infamous fictional character, Carrie White, left her high school prom hall ablaze, and brought terror upon her town, she relied on her powers of telekinesis,
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Bigfoot, USA PIPE National...
on feet so huge I know big foot tall creatures or tall tales looks like they ate the public consciousness was set ablaze and ever
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"Wild Women" PIPE Sunni...
beware. For wild women are not to be tamed. Only admired. Just let her in and witness her set your days ablaze. Thank you.
Video examples
What You Can Do to...
Once the forest is ablaze, it doesn't do any good to blow out the match. You have to blow out the match before the forest catches fire. Even before scientists sort this out, this information is actually really good news for us, because it turns out that the way we live can influence the accumulation
Video examples
Michael Pawlyn: Using...
uses very negative language. But here it's about synergies and abundance and optimizing. And this is an important point. Antoine de Saint-Exupery once said, "If you want to build a flotilla of ships, you don't sit around talking about carpentry. No, you need to set people's souls ablaze
Video examples
We can help you master...
Imagine a typical It's after nightfall, the campfire is ablaze, an elder rises, eyes lock onto the wise, wrinkled face, and as the storyteller speaks, each listener imagines the events that are being described.
Video examples
Elizabeth Lindsey:...
that this is a testament to brilliant, brilliant technology and science and wisdom that is vanishing rapidly. Because when an elder dies a library is burned, and throughout the world, libraries are ablaze.
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How fire shapes...
fires Western Europe ablaze with lights well not all those lights are powered directly by industrial combustion but you can bet industrial fire is somewhere fundamental in their chain of creation
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Run, sail, or hide? How...
but buildings are ablaze in the hot, sulfurous air. Lucius climbs out of his closet and tries his front door, but a deep blanket of ash and stone won’t let it budge. His lamp flickers and dies.
Video examples
The Big Bang Reimagined...
time as we know it began within a few hundred thousand years the cosmos would be ablaze with stars hundreds of billions in our galaxy alone on the scale of galaxies and stars the
Video examples
Is telekinesis real? -...
When the infamous fictional character, Carrie White, left her high school prom hall ablaze, and brought terror upon her town, she relied on her powers of telekinesis,
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Bigfoot, USA PIPE National...
on feet so huge I know big foot tall creatures or tall tales looks like they ate the public consciousness was set ablaze and ever
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"Wild Women" PIPE Sunni...
beware. For wild women are not to be tamed. Only admired. Just let her in and witness her set your days ablaze. Thank you.
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S.E. Cupp
American Journalist
After helping the Republican National Committee address some of the troubling deficiencies the party faced after 2012, as outlined in its so-called autopsy report, and witnessing some real progress in our outreach to women in the ensuing years, I did not expect an egomaniacal arsonist to come along and set all that ablaze.
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Pat Conroy
American Writer
I became a novelist because of 'Gone With the Wind,' or more precisely, my mother raised me up to be a 'Southern' novelist, with a strong emphasis on the word 'Southern' because 'Gone With the Wind' set my mother's imagination ablaze when she was a young girl growing up in Atlanta.
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Andrew Haigh
English Director
I think the films that work the best are the ones that seem to be about one thing but then, under the surface, bubbling away, are lots more important questions that you're not really aware of, and when you leave the cinema, your mind is ablaze with different thoughts!
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Charles C. Mann
American Journalist
Seoul and Shanghai, Jaipur and Jakarta; shining skyscrapers, pricey hotels, traffic-jammed streets ablaze with neon - all were built atop a foundation of laboratory-bred rice.
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Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey
American Explorer
I believe that when an elder dies, a library is burned: vast sums of wisdom and knowledge are lost. Throughout the world libraries are ablaze with scant attention.
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Viktor Orban
Hungarian Politician
We will not import crime, terrorism, homophobia, and a brand of anti-Semitism that sets synagogues ablaze.
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Horace
Roman Poet
Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.
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S.E. Cupp
American Journalist
After helping the Republican National Committee address some of the troubling deficiencies the party faced after 2012, as outlined in its so-called autopsy report, and witnessing some real progress in our outreach to women in the ensuing years, I did not expect an egomaniacal arsonist to come along and set all that ablaze.
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Pat Conroy
American Writer
I became a novelist because of 'Gone With the Wind,' or more precisely, my mother raised me up to be a 'Southern' novelist, with a strong emphasis on the word 'Southern' because 'Gone With the Wind' set my mother's imagination ablaze when she was a young girl growing up in Atlanta.
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Andrew Haigh
English Director
I think the films that work the best are the ones that seem to be about one thing but then, under the surface, bubbling away, are lots more important questions that you're not really aware of, and when you leave the cinema, your mind is ablaze with different thoughts!
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Charles C. Mann
American Journalist
Seoul and Shanghai, Jaipur and Jakarta; shining skyscrapers, pricey hotels, traffic-jammed streets ablaze with neon - all were built atop a foundation of laboratory-bred rice.
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Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey
American Explorer
I believe that when an elder dies, a library is burned: vast sums of wisdom and knowledge are lost. Throughout the world libraries are ablaze with scant attention.
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Viktor Orban
Hungarian Politician
We will not import crime, terrorism, homophobia, and a brand of anti-Semitism that sets synagogues ablaze.
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Horace
Roman Poet
Your own safety is at stake when your neighbor's wall is ablaze.
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