“blaze”

Definitions

• noun

  a strong flame that burns brightly

  Synonyms: blazing, vandyke, arrow, backfire, bake, balefire, beacon, beam, bedazzle, birthmark, blare, blast

  • Example:“The blaze spread rapidly.”

• noun

  a cause of difficulty and suffering

  Synonyms: hell

  • Example:“War is hell.”
  • Example:“go to blazes”

• noun

  noisy and unrestrained mischief

  Synonyms: hell

  • Example:“raising blazes”

• noun

  a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted

  Synonyms: glare, brilliance

  • Example:“a glare of sunlight”

• noun

  a light-colored marking

  • Example:“They chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes.”
  • Example:“The horse had a blaze between its eyes.”

• verb

  shine brightly and intensively

  • Example:“Meteors blazed across the atmosphere.”