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sandblast
/ ˈsændˌblɑːst /
noun
- a jet of sand or grit blown from a nozzle under air, water, or steam pressure
verb
- to clean, grind, or decorate (a surface) with a sandblast
Derived Forms
- ˈsandˌblaster, noun
Other Words From
- sandblaster noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of sandblast1
Example Sentences
Bright and bloody, sandblasted and sunworn, it has the visual crispness of the first and doesn’t bear the strange desaturated look of some of the director’s recent work.
“Are you sandblasting them? … Those are important pieces of things to know about future missions.”
But the threat never disappeared, afflicting workers who were sandblasting denim and tombstones and toiling in mines.
Once through the machine, one of the final products is a gritty powder, mostly glass, that can be sold for use as a sandblasting material.
Repurposing these means finding new uses for them, such as selling glass to companies that do sandblasting.
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