upblaze

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verb

To blaze or shoot up.

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Meanings

verbupblaze (third-person singular simple present upblazes, present participle upblazing, simple past and past participle upblazed)

present singular third person upblazes · participle present upblazing · participle past upblazed · past upblazed

  1. intransitiveTo blaze or shoot up.
nounupblaze (plural upblazes)

plural upblazes

  1. A blazing up.

    His figures flood things with jets of various light, like the sudden upblaze of fountains.

    1919, Ezra Pound, Instigations
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    The upblaze of reflected heat burns my cheeks and eyes. Her body swims before me, spangled and transpierced by shafts of light caught in my tears. I croak that I am sorry for having invaded her hut.

    2010, John Howard Griffin, Nuni

Origin

From up- + blaze.

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APA

upblaze. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upblaze

MLA

“upblaze.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upblaze. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upblaze,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upblaze.

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