ablaze
Example Sentences
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The sky was ablaze with the myriad of their infinite glimmerings.
From Literature
The collision at speed in March set both vessels ablaze and triggered a massive offshore rescue operation.
From Barron's
The collision at speed in March set both vessels ablaze and triggered a massive offshore rescue operation.
From Barron's
The 1869 Chicago home of the police officer Richard Bellinger was built of wood—a common practice at the time, which is part of the reason the city went spectacularly ablaze two years later.
"In a matter of seconds, the entire ceiling was ablaze. Everything was made of wood," they said, adding that the flames "started to rise very quickly".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
