(n.) A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.
(n.) The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.
(n.) The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath.
(n.) A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
(n.) The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose.
(n.) A flatulent disease of sheep.
(v. t.) To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel.
(v. t.) Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to blast pride, hopes, or character.
(v. t.) To confound by a loud blast or din.
(v. t.) To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.
(v. i.) To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom.
(v. i.) To blow; to blow on a trumpet.
Example Sentences:
(1) A Swedish news agency said it had received an email warning before the blasts in which a threat was made against Sweden's population, linked to the country's military presence in Afghanistan and the five-year-old case of caricatures of the prophet Muhammad by Swedish artist Lars Vilks.
(2) Moments later, explosive charges blasted free two tungsten blocks, to shift the balance of the probe so it could fly itself to a prearranged landing spot .
(3) However, the blasts formed mixed colonies consisting of erythroblasts, granulocytes, macrophages, and immature blasts when cultured in methylcellulose with PHA-leukocyte conditioned medium.
(4) A proportion of blasts from five of 10 cases of AML expressed receptors for IL-2 (IL-2R) when tested directly ex-vivo with monoclonal antibodies against the receptor.
(5) The patients were divided into two equal groups according to the degree of perivascular and paratrabecular infiltration: those with minimal (one to three layers of blasts and promyelocytes) and those with marked (four to eight layers of blasts and promyelocytes) infiltration.
(6) Sequential analyses of the serologic reactivity of cells from AMML patients undergoing chemotherapy corresponded with the clinical course of the patient, even though there was little correlation between the percentage of blast cells present and the per cent cytotoxicity with the antisera.
(7) Conversely, the expression in the more differentiated blast cells obtained from 10 of 11 AML patients classified as M1 and M2 were at levels similar to the levels in HL-60 cells.
(8) We concluded that patients with MDS with excess of blasts and blastic transformation may be treated with aggressive chemotherapy with low toxicity and high remission rate, similarly to de novo acute myeloid leukemia.
(9) "Everyone has been blasted by anonymous figures who crushed the economy.
(10) At the second admission, blasts were present in the peripheral blood, and later accounted for 49% of the total leukocyte count.
(11) Lymphocyte blast transformation, serum immunoglobulins, and circulating immune complexes were also evaluated.
(12) In the phase of blast crisis, the bone marrow demonstrated a significant rise of the portion of the G2 cells and of the mitotic index.
(13) Lymphocytes with low floating density lyse NK-sensitive target cells and leukemic B-lymphocytes, increase the lytic activity with respect to blasts of K-562 line under the effect of alpha-interferon.
(14) During tumor growth, a population of T cell blasts appears that may be involved with an immune response against the tumor.
(15) In the high-grade component, the blasts occurred in clusters or sheets, and often possessed plasmacytoid cytoplasm; glandular invasion was a rare event.
(16) The results showed that increasing age of the donors and the presence of anti-CMV antibodies are significantly associated with low proliferative responses of PBMC, whereas the HLA-B8 antigen and female donor sex were found to be associated with high blast cell formation after PWM stimulation.
(17) You can also blast individual eyeballs from their sockets, or – if you're particularly skilful – make their testicles explode like a pair of microwaved eggs.
(18) Fifteen injuries resulted from direct penetration of a vessel and three were concussion or blast injuries.
(19) A2HSGP did indeed inhibit blast transformation in these cell populations.
(20) Late-night hosts blast Trumpcare: 'Needless suffering for low and middle-income people' Read more In the Harvard study, the researchers had 9,000 people in their dataset – enough that they were able to ensure they were really measuring the impact of a lack of health insurance.
Blaster
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, blasts or destroys.
Example Sentences:
(1) It’s a pretty big difference.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Xbox One S is smaller than the original, can be stored vertically or horizontally and has features like an IR blaster for a remote control.
(2) Just when DID our Frankie-Boy last succeed at such a master-blaster in an England Shirt?
(3) AMC says ticket holders must avoid wearing masks or face paint, while Cinemark has banned lightsabers and blasters, and Bow Tie has placed a restriction on Jedi-style cloaks.
(4) Han definitely shoots first (and asks questions later) Lucas and fans have debated for decades whether the sardonic space scoundrel was originally intended to shoot bounty hunter Greedo only after the alien fired his blaster first in the Mos Eisley Cantina in 1977’s saga opener A New Hope, but Abrams clearly has no such qualms about showing the elder Solo as a quick-on-the-draw kind of guy.
(5) James, a former Liverpool and England goalkeeper, is the player-manager of the Kerala Blasters side in the Indian Premier League and has been a regular pundit on television.
(6) Based on the German Mauser C96 handgun, Solo's modified "DL-44" blaster was used in 1980's The Empire Strikes Back and 1983's Return of the Jedi.
(7) A blaster used by Harrison Ford's Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy is to go on sale for at least $200,000 via an online auction.
(8) The air-abrasive blaster has become an indispensable tool in the prosthodontic laboratory.
(9) This article describes a method for making a relatively small, fully functional shell blaster for less than one hundred dollars.
(10) We read his book, Kill Bin Laden, and made an inquiry on his interest and availability.” The result is that every gun, vehicle and aircraft in the game has a basis in current weapons research – whether that’s the Breacher pump action directed energy shotgun or the XS1 Vulcan, effectively an airborne laser blaster.
(11) The top 12 list in full Doggie Doo, John Adams, RRP £22.99 Fijit Friends, Mattel, RRP £54.99 Fireman Sam Pontypandy Rescue Set, Character, RRP £29.99 Kidizoom Twist, VTech, RRP £49.99 LeapPad Explorer, Leapfrog Toys, RRP £79.99 Lets Rock Elmo, Hasbro, RRP £69.99 Milky the Bunny, Flair, RRP £59.99 Monster High Lagoona's Hydration Station, Mattel, RRP £39.99 Moshling Tree House, Vivid, RRP £18.99 Nerf Vortex Nitron Blaster, Hasbro, RRP £44.99 Ninjago Fire Temple, Lego, RRP £91.99 Star Wars Ultimate Force Tech Lightsaber Assortment, Hasbro, RRP £39.99
(12) The blaster's guide price of $200,000 to $300,000 (£121,890 to £182,835) compares favourably with the cost of a lightsabre used by Mark Hamill's Luke Skywalker in Star Wars.
(13) "My memories of WC2006 are of countless speculative attempts by Lampard and Ballack to greedily try a solo master-blaster into the net," recalls Laurence Welford.
(14) Incidence of multiple myeloma was significantly increased for a number of occupational groups such as farmers, smelter and metallurgy workers, and miners-quarrymen-rock blasters.
(15) With the purpose of determine the type of etch solution that produce the best amount of micropores in standed porcelain laminates veneers we can conclude that: to the internal etched of the standard porcelain laminates veneer, the utilization of fluorhidric acid is the most convenient, also is necessary the previons stand blaster with aluminum oxide of 25 um to increase the retentive capacity over the etch surface.
(16) The "dream toys" chosen by the Toy Retailers Association (TRA) also include favourites such as Fireman Sam, Elmo and a Nerf gun – the Vortex Nitron Blaster.
(17) What they have done as soon as the deal was implemented is to employ an individual with a reputation for being a ‘union blaster’.
(18) "This non-firing blaster was created for The Empire Strikes Back and was also used in Return of the Jedi," reads the lot description.
(19) Click here to view Ford and Chewbacca's confrontation on Jimmy Kimmel Live A septuagenarian Solo might not be quite as quick with a blaster these days, but the reaction to rumours of Ford's potential involvement in the new Disney take on the long-running space opera has been universally positive.
(20) As blaster fire explodes in green and red, you can see the reflection.