What The Blazes Do You Need This For Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "FIRE" which means:

noun
• • The event of something burning (often destructive)
• • The act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy
• • The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
• • A fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning
• • Once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (empedocles), associated with the humour bile
• • Feelings of great warmth and intensity
• • Fuel that is burning and is used as a means for cooking
• • A severe trial
• • Intense adverse criticism
verb
• • Start firing a weapon
• • Cause to go off
• • Bake in a kiln so as to harden
• • Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
• • Go off or discharge
• • Drive out or away by or as if by fire
• • Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
• • Destroy by fire
• • Provide with fuel
• • Generate an electrical impulse
• • Become ignited
• • Start or maintain a fire in
adjective
• • Amazing; excellent.

An example sentence would be:

• • "The campers gathered around the fire to stay warm."
• • "The fire consumed the entire building within minutes."

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