blast
noun
a sudden and violent gust of wind.
Example Sentences
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Since the pandemic, the organization has sent out email and text blasts to the community offering boxes of food — only 150 boxes are available each week.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Intense events are now much more likely because these temporary blasts of extra heat are happening in an already hotter ocean.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026
Around 30 minutes later, AFP journalists saw several flashes in the sky as another series of blasts rang out.
From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026
Since astronomers first identified them in the early 2000s, they have struggled to explain why these explosions remain intensely bright long after a massive star's iron core collapses and blasts its outer layers into space.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
A car drives by and blasts its horn.
From "The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl" by Stacy McAnulty
