Blazing

burning brightly and with great heat, force, etc.
of tremendous intensity or fervor:
a performance of blazing ferocity.
a bright flame or fire:
the welcome blaze of the hearth.
a bright, hot gleam or glow:
the blaze of day.
a sparkling brightness:
a blaze of jewels.
a sudden, intense outburst, as of fire, passion, or fury:
to unleash a blaze of pent-up emotions; a blaze of glory.
blazes, Informal. hell:
Go to blazes!
to burn brightly (sometimes followed by away, up, forth):
The bonfire blazed away for hours. The dry wood blazed up at the touch of a match.
to shine like flame (sometimes followed by forth):
Their faces blazed with enthusiasm.
to burn with intense feeling or passion (sometimes followed by up):
He blazed up at the insult.
to shoot steadily or continuously (usually followed by away):
The contestants blazed away at the clay pigeons.
to be brilliantly conspicuous.
a spot or mark made on a tree, as by painting or notching or by chipping away a piece of the bark, to indicate a trail or boundary.
a white area down the center of the face of a horse, cow, etc.
to mark with blazes:
to blaze a trail.
to lead in forming or finding (a new method, course, etc.):
His research in rocketry blazed the way for space travel.
to make known; proclaim; publish:
Headlines blazed the shocking news.
Obsolete. to blow, as from a trumpet.
Contemporary Examples

The ‘12 Years a Slave’ Book Shows Slavery As Even More Appalling Than In the Film Jimmy So October 17, 2013
How Richard Pryor Beat Bill Cosby and Transformed America David Yaffe, Scott Saul December 9, 2014
Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction Abby Haglage May 3, 2014
Who Is the Best Western Novelist? Allen Barra November 9, 2010
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview Alex Belth February 15, 2014

Historical Examples

The Ghost Kings H. Rider Haggard
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) Samuel Richardson
Dust Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius
The Old Manse (From “Mosses From An Old Manse”) Nathaniel Hawthorne
Life in the Red Brigade R.M. Ballantyne

noun
a strong fire or flame
a very bright light or glare
an outburst (of passion, acclaim, patriotism, etc)
brilliance; brightness
verb (intransitive)
to burn fiercely
to shine brightly
(often foll by up) to become stirred, as with anger or excitement
(usually foll by away) to shoot continuously
noun
a mark, usually indicating a path, made on a tree, esp by chipping off the bark
a light-coloured marking on the face of a domestic animal, esp a horse
verb (transitive)
to indicate or mark (a tree, path, etc) with a blaze
blaze a trail, to explore new territories, areas of knowledge, etc, in such a way that others can follow
verb
(transitive) often foll by abroad. to make widely known; proclaim
adj.
n.
v.

To speed; rush; barrel: She blazed around in it like Chuck Yeager, but it scared me half to death (1980s+)
To leave; book, split (1980s+ Teenagers)
To set alight, esp a marijuana cigarette

In addition to the idiom beginning with
blaze