blasted
Americanadjective
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withered; shriveled; blighted; ruined.
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damned; confounded.
This blasted pen leaked all over my shirt.
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On Sunday, a rescue team rappelled over a hole blasted into a section of the tunnel and called out but received no response from inside, the prime minister’s office said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
China's foreign and defence ministers were in Jakarta Friday for talks with their Indonesian counterparts to seek greater political and military cooperation days after a joint navy drill Taiwan blasted as a "provocation".
From Barron's ● Aug. 21, 2026
A more speculative possibility is that the material comes from a third member of the system that is being blasted by the fast wind of particles and X-ray radiation generated by the feeding black hole.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
People living next to a quarry say their homes shake, pictures fall off the wall and their children are frightened each time huge rocks are blasted.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
A bolt of lightning blasted the tines of Neptune’s trident, sending arcs of electricity up and down the statue, but the Kerkopes had already disappeared.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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