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blastment

blastment noun: a sudden strike or injury; a pernicious thing.

Noun

blastment (plural blastments)

  1. (archaic) A sudden strike or injury; a pernicious thing.
    • And in the morn and liquid dew of youth
      Contagious blastments are most imminent.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Forms of blastment

pluralblastments

Origin of blastment

From blast + -ment.

Questions about blastment

What does blastment mean?
Blastment means a sudden strike or injury; a pernicious thing.
What part of speech is blastment?
Blastment is a noun.
What is the plural of blastment?
The plural of blastment is blastments.

Words near blastment in the dictionary

  1. blasting out
  2. blasting up
  3. blastingly
  4. blastings
  5. blastissimo
  6. blastment
  7. blastments
  8. blasto
  9. blasto-
  10. blastobasid
  11. blastobasids

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