blaze up



blaze up

 
1. Lit. [for flames] to expand upward suddenly. The fire blazed up and warmed all of us. As the fire blazed up, we moved away from the fireplace.
2. Fig. [for trouble, especially violent trouble] to erupt suddenly. The battle blazed up again, and the fighting started to become fierce. As the battle blazed up, the cowards fled into the hills.
See also: blaze, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AnnegretAH-ne-gretGerman
Mahmood-Arabic
HugoOO-go (Spanish), HYOO-go (English), HUY-kho (Dutch), HOO-go (German)Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, English, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Ancient Germanic (
DarbyDAHR-beeEnglish
BarnabyBAHR-nə-beeEnglish (Archaic)
Vikram-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada