blazes
pronunciation
How to pronounce blazes in British English:
UK ['bleiziz]
How to pronounce blazes in American English:
US
Word Origin
- blazes (n.)
- euphemism for "Hell," 1818, plural of blaze (n.1).
Example
- 1. The potency of that vision is one that still blazes today .
- 2. In queensland , firefighters battled a string of blazes as the unseasonally dry weather stoked the flames .
- 3. Authorities evacuated hundreds from the area , and firefighters battled blazes for two days .
- 4. The u.s. forest service will now know more about where blazes are about to hit .
- 5. The death toll is much smaller than that of traffic accidents , but recent catastrophic blazes have exposed what appear to be serious inadequacies in fire-safety practices .