blast wave
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of blast wave
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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The blast wave nevertheless tossed all of his stock into a jumble of shower handles and hoses, boxes of masking tape and home repair tools — all covered in fine, metallic-gray dust.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 27, 2024
This marks where the supernova blast wave is ramming into surrounding circumstellar material.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 12, 2023
The governor of the neighboring Mykolaiv region said falling debris caused a fire in an unused building in the Snihurivka community, which was promptly extinguished, and a blast wave damaged nearby buildings.
From Reuters ● Sep. 18, 2023
“I felt the blast wave on my cheeks, and it knocked off my hat.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2022
Striking the Earth’s atmosphere, a modest cometary fragment would produce a great radiant fireball and a mighty blast wave, which would burn trees, level forests and be heard around the world.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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