Fireblast

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fiery explosion.
  2. 2
    A blight affecting plants, giving them a scorched appearance (as if burnt by fire).

    "Among these are reckoned the wire worm; the flea, and the fly; the fen or mould; the mildew ; and what are usually called fire blasts."

Example

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"Among these are reckoned the wire worm; the flea, and the fly; the fen or mould; the mildew ; and what are usually called fire blasts."

Etymology

From fire + blast.

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