air blast
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of air blast
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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An extremely loud air blast would have followed, before seismic shaking about the size of a magnitude 7 earthquake.
From BBC
The air blast broke windows and blew dust from the fallen stacks into homes.
From Seattle Times
Bruno Moretti, Allegheny County’s emergency management coordinator, said the air blast broke windows and blew dust from the fallen stacks into homes.
From Seattle Times
Videos recorded by the nonprofit Mount Washington Observatory show how the extreme cold and strong winds of more than 100 mph from the Arctic air blast walloped the summit Friday afternoon, and made the mountain with the tallest peak in the Northeast seem like another planet.
From Washington Post
Photographer Grant Gunderson, who was on the trip, detailed the avalanche on social media and said Smaine “was thrown 50 meters by the air blast and buried and killed.”
From Seattle Times
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