Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A feast; an entertainment; a great demonstration; a spree.
- noun A recess or hollow in a sand-dune formed by the action of the wind in carrying away the lighter particles.
- noun In electricity, a device for blowing out by an air-blast, a magnetic field, etc., the are formed in opening an electric circuit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
blowout .
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Examples
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Inspectors have already received training in evaluating the critical safety equipment known as blow-out preventers, and are witnessing tests the agency has started requiring of all drillers.
Drilling Regulator Struggles to Add Inspectors Leslie Eaton 2011
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"It wasn't a blow-out peak, but it was clearly a good solid one," he said during an interview.
UPS Profit Increases 48% Bob Sechler 2011
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"You don't have these blow-out games like you used to see."
Sloppy U.S. Team Falls to Sweden Laura Stevens 2011
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His new move, having lost three states in Tuesday night's big blow-out, is to attack Rick Santorum.
William Bradley: Rickrolled: Romney Will Be "Inevitable" Again When... William Bradley 2012
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"You don't have these blow-out games like you used to see."
Women Ring the Football Changes Matthew Futterman 2011
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Why on earth didn't the EPA require periodic testing on blow-out valves to make sure they stay operational?
Durbin: New safety standards likely for offshore drilling 2010
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But in Sunday's volatile bus blow-out, the friendship that survived the war over "Tardy for the Party" and an alleged choking reached an end.
What You Didn’t See During The Real Housewives of Atlanta’s Bus Blow-Up 2011
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Environmentalists had hoped at the time of the BP oil disaster that the blow-out in the Gulf of Mexico would lead to a rethink about the wisdom of pursuing offshore oil in increasingly deeper waters.
Offshore oil industry needs sweeping overhaul – White House commission 2011
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A sumptuous boar blow-out closes Mr. Greene's account, as if, all other approaches falling short, one fail-safe way to comprehend this beast is to eat him.
Stalking the Beast Lawrence Norfolk 2011
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In its final report, due to be delivered this morning, the oil spill commission will criticise the Obama administration for failing to go far enough to reform the offshore oil industry after the 20 April blow-out, sources briefed on the report said.
Offshore oil industry needs sweeping overhaul – White House commission 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word blow-out
See, e.g., blowout penstemon.
December 17, 2010
bilby commented on the word blow-out
One of the blow-out grasses, Muhlenbergia pungens.
September 22, 2021