blowup

Example Sentences

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This week’s firestorms have drawn comparisons to the Big Blowup of 1910, a wind-driven conflagration in the northern Rockies that also followed a very dry season.

From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2020

The Big Blowup had killed 86 people, and consumed enough wood to build 800,000 houses.

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2019

Blowup polar bears, candy canes, strings of light and other wintry figures created an early holiday scene.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2018

The devastation of the Big Blowup, much of which reportedly took place in just 36 hours, cemented the idea of fighting fires aggressively and immediately.

From Slate • Aug. 30, 2012

Extracts were made and tested before the Blowup came, and there was quite a bit of it on hand.

From Noble Redman by Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)