The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - blaze n.

1) flame, fire, holocaust, inferno, conflagration: The fuel barrels exploded, feeding the blaze. 2) outburst, eruption, flare-up: Her speech fanned the Lower House into a blaze of resentment. 3) light, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, glow: The blaze of lamps lit up the whole square. --v. 4) burn, flare up, flame: In a few minutes the logs were blazing merrily. 5) blaze away (at) . fire, shoot, open fire, blast; bombard, shell: The enemy appeared, and we just blazed away at them.