upblaze

English

Etymology

up- +‎ blaze

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To blaze or shoot up.

Noun

upblaze (plural upblazes)

  1. A blazing up.
    • Ezra Pound
      His figures flood things with jets of various light, like the sudden upblaze of fountains.
    • 2010, John Howard Griffin, Nuni
      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.

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