a light-colored marking; "they chipped off bark to mark the trail with blazes"; "the horse had a blaze between its eyes"
a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted; "a glare of sunlight"
a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes"
indicate by marking trees with blazes; "blaze a trail"
a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread rapidly"
shoot rapidly and repeatedly; "He blazed away at the men"
move rapidly and as if blazing; "The spaceship blazed out into space"
burn brightly and intensely; "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze"
shine brightly and intensively; "Meteors blazed across the atmosphere"
FIRE
bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery"
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning; "they sat by the fire and talked"
cause to go off; "fire a gun"; "fire a bullet"
intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"
go off or discharge; "The gun fired"
the event of something burning (often destructive); "they lost everything in the fire"
start firing a weapon
a severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation"
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
feelings of great warmth and intensity; "
INFERNO
a very intense and uncontrolled fire
any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";
(Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit"; "Hell is paved with good intentions"-Dr. Johnson