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Blistering

adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Causing blisters.

    "I waited in the blistering cold for two hours just to be stood up again."

  2. 2
    Very hot.
  3. 3
    Harsh or corrosive.
  4. 4
    Scornful.

    "Dati launched a blistering attack on the prime minister, François Fillon, under whom she served as justice minister, accusing him of sexism, elitism, arrogance and hindering the political advancement of ethnic minorities."

  5. 5
    Very fast.

    "Messi showed some of the old touches while Mbappe demonstrated his blistering pace and eye for goal but Neymar was disappointing, too easily shrugged off the ball and missing a great chance to restore PSG's lead."

Adjective
  1. 1
    very fast; capable of quick response and great speed wordnet
  2. 2
    hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters wordnet
  3. 3
    harsh or corrosive in tone wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The practice of forming blisters on the skin, to promote blood flow and aid healing.

    "Inflammations are treated generally by allopathic practitioners by bleedings, blisterings, purgings, vomitings, Antimony and Mercury: and this is practised, more or less, with little variation, wherever the seat of the inflammation may be."

  2. 2
    the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of blister form-of, gerund, participle, present

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