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blaze

verb [I]
 
 
/bleɪz/

Definition

to burn brightly and strongly: The sun was blazing down that afternoon.Burning, burnt and on fire literary to be brightly lit or full of colour: Isaac's eyes suddenly blazed with anger.Emitting and casting light
(Definition of blaze verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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