Meaning of blaze of glory | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An impressive but brief display of strength before expiring, in the way that a fire burns more brightly shortly before burning out.
2. A sight, usually associated with a deity, that is forbidden or that is too glorious to behold.

Examples

“1718, Alexander Pope, trans., Homer, The Iliad, Book XVII, line 240. A blaze of glory ere thou fad'st away.”

“Jon has taken an "all or nothing approach," and he wants to go down in a blaze of glory. […] The issue has become an ego thing: a conflict of Jon Parker versus the rest of the world.”

“Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light,/A blaze of glory that forbids the sight.”

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