From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishablazea‧blaze /əˈbleɪz/ adjective [not before noun] written 1 FIREburning strongly with a lot of flames → blaze Within minutes the whole house was ablaze. The factory had been set ablaze (=made to burn).RegisterAblaze is mostly used in journalism or in literature. In everyday English, people usually say on fire:The whole house was on fire.2 Cvery bright or colourful a passing pleasure-boat, with all its lights ablazeablaze with Her yard was ablaze with summer flowers.3 EMOTIONALfeeling or showing strong emotion, especially anger SYN blazingablaze with His eyes were ablaze with fury.
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ablaze• The yacht passed us, its cabin lights ablaze.• She is seen here, well ablaze.• The fireball destroyed a prefabricated office building before setting a four-storey office block ablaze.• An eerie orange glow lights up the devastation of Bijlmermeer - the Amsterdam suburb set ablaze by a crashing El Al plane.• Although more oil is ablaze than was first thought, there is less oil at sea.• Every shop window is ablaze with bright Christmas lights.• I reached the hilltop and followed the track between gorse bushes ablaze with flowers.• A small glade ablaze with sunbeams.• Gorse was ablaze with yellow blossom.set ablaze• During the riot, a police car was set ablaze.• The house was then set ablaze.• Mobs of Right-wing thugs set ablaze a tent city housing refugees outside Leipzig and torched a hostel in Zielitz.• Truck after truck was set ablaze and each fire acted as a homing beacon for more enemy aircraft.• An eerie orange glow lights up the devastation of Bijlmermeer - the Amsterdam suburb set ablaze by a crashing El Al plane.• Quirot, third at Barcelona, suffered severe burns when her home was set ablaze by a lamp in January 1993.• Buildings were set ablaze in the black neighborhood; whites and blacks exchanged gunfire.• More than 70 patrons, unaware that the roof had been set ablaze while they danced below, barely escaped.• The recipe which was causing a minor commotion was for a lobster set ablaze with whisky.ablaze with• We cycled through the hills, which were ablaze with fall colors. 