blaze up

Burst into flames

Blaze up means to burst into flames or sudden brightness, but in contemporary slang it most commonly means to smoke marijuana.

We're going to blaze up after work.

The phrase captures both the literal fire of lighting a joint or pipe and the intensity of the resulting high.

Someone might also blaze up a cigarette, though the cannabis association now dominates casual usage.

ignite

kindle

Start a blaze

  • sparkTiny fiery particle
  • lightVisible electromagnetic radiation
  • combustCatch fire suddenly

catch fire · enkindle · set alight · burn · smolder · flicker · flame · incinerate · torch · conflagrate

cannabis

smoke

Airborne combustion byproduct

weed · toke · puff · inhale · bong · pipe · light up · session · high · stoned

fire

flames

Visible burning combustion

wildfire · flare · combustion · torch · pyre · furnace · firestorm · flashover · backdraft · incandescence

Categories
Opposites
fire intensity

blaze upsmolder

Burn without flame

die down · flicker · ember · sputter · smoke

fire state change

blaze upgo out

Leave one's dwelling

die out · die down · extinguish · burn out · fizzle out

EMOTIONAL INTENSITY (metaphorical)

blaze upcalm down

Become less agitated

cool off · simmer down · subside · settle down · keep cool

Family

blaze, blazing, ablaze, blazer, blazes, blazed, blazers, enflame

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