as in announced
to make known openly or publicly
the White House didn't waste a minute in blazing the lower unemployment figures
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
1
as in glowed
to be on fire especially brightly
the house blazed for over three hours in the late-night fire
Synonyms & Similar Words
2
as in burnt
to shine with a bright harsh light
the spotlight blazed through my window
Synonyms & Similar Words
3
as in raced
to proceed or move quickly
an extreme skier went blazing down the ski slope at a reckless pace
Synonyms & Similar Words
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
as in proclaimed
Related Words
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of blazed
Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
The Franklin fire in Malibu, California, has blazed through six miles, prompting thousands of evacuation orders.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
The Franklin fire in Malibu, California, has blazed through six miles, prompting thousands of evacuation orders.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
The Franklin fire in Malibu, California, has blazed through six miles, prompting thousands of evacuation orders.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
The courtship takes them into the wilds of South America and finds Lee blazed on alcohol, heroin, and psychedelics.
—Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
The courtship takes them into the wilds of South America and finds Lee blazed on alcohol, heroin, and psychedelics.
—Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
The courtship takes them into the wilds of South America and finds Lee blazed on alcohol, heroin, and psychedelics.
—Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
The courtship takes them into the wilds of South America and finds Lee blazed on alcohol, heroin, and psychedelics.
—Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
The Franklin fire in Malibu, California, has blazed through six miles, prompting thousands of evacuation orders.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
The Franklin fire in Malibu, California, has blazed through six miles, prompting thousands of evacuation orders.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
The Franklin fire in Malibu, California, has blazed through six miles, prompting thousands of evacuation orders.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
The courtship takes them into the wilds of South America and finds Lee blazed on alcohol, heroin, and psychedelics.
—Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
The courtship takes them into the wilds of South America and finds Lee blazed on alcohol, heroin, and psychedelics.
—Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
The courtship takes them into the wilds of South America and finds Lee blazed on alcohol, heroin, and psychedelics.
—Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
The courtship takes them into the wilds of South America and finds Lee blazed on alcohol, heroin, and psychedelics.
—Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
Verb
The Franklin fire in Malibu, California, has blazed through six miles, prompting thousands of evacuation orders.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
The Franklin fire in Malibu, California, has blazed through six miles, prompting thousands of evacuation orders.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
The Franklin fire in Malibu, California, has blazed through six miles, prompting thousands of evacuation orders.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
The Franklin fire in Malibu, California, has blazed through six miles, prompting thousands of evacuation orders.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
The courtship takes them into the wilds of South America and finds Lee blazed on alcohol, heroin, and psychedelics.
—Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
The courtship takes them into the wilds of South America and finds Lee blazed on alcohol, heroin, and psychedelics.
—Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
The courtship takes them into the wilds of South America and finds Lee blazed on alcohol, heroin, and psychedelics.
—Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
The courtship takes them into the wilds of South America and finds Lee blazed on alcohol, heroin, and psychedelics.
—Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
The Franklin fire in Malibu, California, has blazed through six miles, prompting thousands of evacuation orders.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
The Franklin fire in Malibu, California, has blazed through six miles, prompting thousands of evacuation orders.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
The Franklin fire in Malibu, California, has blazed through six miles, prompting thousands of evacuation orders.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
The Franklin fire in Malibu, California, has blazed through six miles, prompting thousands of evacuation orders.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
The courtship takes them into the wilds of South America and finds Lee blazed on alcohol, heroin, and psychedelics.
—Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
The courtship takes them into the wilds of South America and finds Lee blazed on alcohol, heroin, and psychedelics.
—Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
The courtship takes them into the wilds of South America and finds Lee blazed on alcohol, heroin, and psychedelics.
—Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
The courtship takes them into the wilds of South America and finds Lee blazed on alcohol, heroin, and psychedelics.
—Rich Juzwiak, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blazed
Adjective
-
Vance, a professed Catholic, should know better than to use such a holy name as a joke.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
-
But 11 years is a long time for the company to see through its professed strategy to grow WhatsApp—and if current estimates are to be believed, the service has grown its user base by 6X to nearly 3 billion users.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
17 June 2025
Adjective
-
Above all, broadcast hero stories internally; behavior follows narrative.—
Jim Stevenson,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
-
Of course, with a broadcast social network like X, everyone is both a patron and an owner of sorts.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
23 May 2025
Adjective
-
But no published evidence supports the technology’s compatibility with those other viruses.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
6 May 2025
-
Image Much of Didion’s published writing, particularly about her daughter’s mental health (she was given many psychiatric diagnoses over the years, culminating in multiple personality disorder), can feel like a whisper the reader strains to hear, but never quite does.—
Lauren Christensen,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Blazed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blazed. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share