sandblast
Americannoun
verb (used with or without object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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has sandblastedperfect 3rd person singular
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have sandblastedperfect
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has been sandblastingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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have been sandblastingperfect progressive
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am sandblastingprogressive 1st person singular
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sandblastingparticiple
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is sandblastingprogressive 3rd person singular
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are sandblastingprogressive
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sandblastssingular 3rd person
Past
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had sandblastedperfect
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had been sandblastingperfect progressive
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were sandblastingprogressive plural
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sandblastedsimple
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was sandblastingprogressive singular
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sandblastedparticiple
Future
Etymology
Origin of sandblast
Example Sentences
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The incident is being treated as a felony vandalism case, since city crews will likely need to sandblast a limestone surface where some of the graffiti was scrawled, he said.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2023
With his throat clenched tighter than his fists, this District rapper rhymes in growls and sneers, as if trying to sandblast his gritty, ’90s-style backing beats into an even finer dust.
From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2020
In the name of inspiring little girls living in a male-dominated world, the book doesn’t so much airbrush Chanel’s story as sandblast it.
From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2020
And on Friday, he told Lauer: “The Department of Energy has done tests. They’ve had people sandblast, paint over, concrete, do everything to any kind of nuclear material. You can’t get rid of it.”
From Slate • Jul. 27, 2015
“Well, Dan,” Joe said, “the falcons are gone. We’ll sandblast the aerie. Nothing to stop us from painting now.”
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
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