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ablaze

[uh-bleyz]

adjective

  1. burning; on fire.

    They set the logs ablaze.

  2. gleaming with bright lights, bold colors, etc.

  3. excited; eager; zealous; ardent.

  4. very angry.



ablaze

/ əˈɪ /

adjective

  1. on fire; burning

  2. brightly illuminated

  3. emotionally aroused

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ablaze1

1800–10; a- 1 + blaze 1; compare Middle English on blase
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Images of police cars ablaze in Los Angeles ran rampant on X over the weekend and while the video footage is real, it did not happen during the anti-ICE protests.

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Monday’s protests were largely calmer than Sunday’s melees, which left a trail of foam bullets around the city’s center, buildings vandalized, Waymos set ablaze and many protesters injured from the munitions.

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Like multiple street vendors, this trio helped nourish the city during a fraught weekend that saw more than 70 arrests, widespread vandalism and cars set ablaze.

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Demonstrators blocked the 101 Freeway, set self-driving cars ablaze and hurled incendiary devices — and, in some cases, chunks of concrete — at law enforcement officers.

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Another appeared to use a makeshift flamethrower to set the interior of a car ablaze.

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