blast
Example Sentences
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"These are specific wounds, for example from mine blasts" -- easily distinguishable from the victims of car accidents and extreme sports enthusiasts.
From Barron's
BOISE, Idaho—Each afternoon at around 4:30, the earth here shakes from a series of controlled explosions, as engineers blast through basalt bedrock to flatten out the ground underneath a gigantic new semiconductor factory.
But Stewart had other ideas, blasting 45 off 23 balls to keep Italy in the hunt.
From Barron's
One of them in Nagasaki survived the 1945 atomic bomb blast and is still in working order, 117 years after it was fabricated and shipped from Scotland.
From BBC
Amoura stunned the hosts with a long-range effort just after the break, blasting in from the edge of the box.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
