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blaze
verbs
fight a blaze
• Nearly 80 firefighters fought the blaze for three hours on Sunday.
tackle a blaze
British English (= fight it )
• Fire crews were called out to tackle a blaze at a house near York.
control a blaze
• It took more than an hour to control the blaze at the hotel.
bring a blaze under control
• For more than four hours they battled to bring the blaze under control.
put out/extinguish a blaze
• Staff managed to put out the blaze before firemen arrived.
a blaze breaks out
( also a blaze starts )
• The blaze broke out on the third floor of the building.
a blaze spreads
• The blaze quickly spread to a neighbouring house.
NOUN + blaze
a house/factory/car etc blaze
(= a burning house/factory/car etc )
• Three people were badly hurt in a house blaze.
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noun ADJ. fierce, intense, massive VERB + BLAZE attend, fight, tackle The fire brigade attended the blaze. | control, bring/get under control | extinguish, put out | fan Strong winds fanned the blaze. BLAZE + VERB spread, sweep through sth The blaze swept through the whole building. PREP. in a/the ~ The antiques were destroyed in a blaze last year.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary