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• v  render unable to see
• v  make blind by putting the eyes out
• v  make dim by comparison or conceal
• s  shining intensely
  blinding headlights

• The colors are blinding, the fast cuts almost nauseating.
• Barely a week passes without a flash bulletin blinding us with news of another prominent preadult who is in the family way or showing off her underthings.
• The only way to conduct the work was to get above that blinding blanket and look across clear, airless space.

• blind
• dim
• blazing
• dazzling
• fulgent
• glaring
• glary

News & Articles

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• West Allis House Fire
  residents say smoke was blinding
  June 19, 2013 - CBS 58 Milwaukee
• New Virus Delivery Method Could Help Treat Blinding Diseases
  Researchers have developed an easier method to insert viruses carrying special genes into the eye. Their eventual goal is restoring sight destroyed by blinding diseases.
  June 18, 2013 - Yahoo! Contributor Network via Yahoo! News
• Lubbock takes cover as hailstones pound city
  It only took a split second for a light rain to transform into a blinding hail storm Monday night, forcing drivers to scramble and find cover.
  June 18, 2013 - KCBD-TV Lubbock

Quotes

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• Condoleezza Rice in USA Today
  Some of this will happen over time,Rice told reporters aboard Air Force One, en route to Kuwait. "There isn't going to be a blinding flash in any of this, not on this trip, not on the next trip. But this is a process that is moving...
• Barack Obama in Los Angeles Times
  He didn't call for one blinding light shining from Washington,Obama said. "He didn't just call for a few bright lights from the biggest nonprofits. . . . He called for a vast galaxy of people and institutions working to solve problems in...
• Margaret Chan in Washington Post
  Without H5N1 samples from affected countries, Chan said that "you are tying my hands, you're muffling my ears, you're blinding my eyes."