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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  ablaze
       adj 1: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating
              excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"-
              Bram Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: aflame,
               aroused, turned on(p)]
       2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze
          (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were
          aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight
          on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a
          burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire"; "houses on
          fire" [syn: ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p),
           alight(p), blazing, burning, flaming, on fire(p)]
       3: resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze
          in autumn"; "flaming autumn leaves" [syn: flaming]
       4: lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze
          with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at
          sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire" [syn: ablaze(p),
           inflamed, reddened]

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