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Definition: BLASTMENT

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A sudden stroke or injury produced by some destructive cause.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Blastment" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Note: Blastment \Blast"ment\, noun. sudden stroke or injury produced by some destructive cause. [obsolete]. (references)

Specialty Definition: BLASTMENT

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Noun] Blast; sudden stroke of some destructive cause.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Noun] (archaic) A sudden strike or injury; a pernicious thing. 1594 And in the morn and liquid dew of youth Contagious blastments are most imminent. � Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 1. (references)

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Definition: BLASTMENT

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A sudden stroke or injury produced by some destructive cause.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "BLASTMENT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Note: Blastment \Blast"ment\, noun. sudden stroke or injury produced by some destructive cause. [obsolete]. (references)

Specialty Definition: BLASTMENT

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Noun] Blast; sudden stroke of some destructive cause.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary[Noun] (archaic) A sudden strike or injury; a pernicious thing. 1594 And in the morn and liquid dew of youth Contagious blastments are most imminent. — Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 1. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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