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Blaze of glory

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  1. 1
    An impressive but brief display of strength before expiring, in the way that a fire burns more brightly shortly before burning out.

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

  2. 2
    A sight, usually associated with a deity, that is forbidden or that is too glorious to behold.

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

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