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blast

[blast] / blæst /


NOUN
gust of wind
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These may include material falling back toward the magnetar and collisions between the expanding blast wave and matter expelled by the star centuries before it exploded.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

IGLOO, S. D.—Row upon row of concrete bunkers with steel blast doors peek up from the rolling grasslands—like hobbit holes for the apocalypse.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

A record May temperature of 28.8C was recorded at two of Ireland's weather stations amid the current blast of heat, Met Eireann data showed.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

"China's gradually improving state of coal mine safety cannot be disrupted, much less reversed," Hu Xijin, former chief editor of the Global Times, wrote on Weibo hours after the blast.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

The eruption of Mount St. Helens was the first time that scientists had a clear picture of a lateral blast.

From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone




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