mindblower
Americannoun
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a hallucinogenic drug.
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something that astounds, excites, or dismays.
The news of the loss of the cargo ships was a real mindblower.
Etymology
Origin of mindblower
Example Sentences
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But the mindblower comes halfway through, when strange shards of spinning light emerge from the dark behind the panting, middle-aged women.
From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2021
Alex, your new film … Let me just say, it is a mindblower.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2020
That’s not a bad question, since “Westworld’s” Season 1 mindblower was that viewers had been following multiple plots on two different timelines, about 30 years apart.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2018
The mindblower, though, is Nathan Vincent's life-size, yarn-constructed "Locker Room," complete with showers, lockers, benches and urinals.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2011
"It's a real mindblower," declares Stewart Alsop, editor of P.C.
From Time Magazine Archive
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