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blistering

b li stuh ring

  • n  the formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin
  • v  get blistered
  • v  subject to harsh criticism
  • v  cause blisters to form on
  • s  harsh or corrosive in tone
    blistering criticism
  • s  hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters
    blistering sun
  • s  very fast; capable of quick response and great speed
    a blistering pace

  • At the 1936 Games in Berlin, sprinter Jesse Owens won the 100m gold with a blistering time of 10.
  • I like them best with a blistering curry, and my personal favorite is another Pilawoos delicacy, fish curry.
  • With nearly 85 million MySpace users and free accounts being opened at the blistering pace of more than 250,000 a day, it's difficult to keep track of who is responding to those .
News & Articles

  • Bonnie Foreshaw Clemency Petition Reconsidered After LCT Reports
    The new information was a blistering five-page memo written by Superior Court Judge Jon Blue 24 years ago when he was a public defender.
    June 19, 2013 - Litchfield County Times
  • Quail Hollow Farm Grows Into Labor Of Love
    Here's something you don't see in Southern Nevada every day: Three young adults, 19 to 20 years old, working in the blistering June sun, up to their ankles in dirt, clearing weeds from a plot of eggplant. They weren't being paid, and no, it wasn't part
    June 19, 2013 - Las Vegas Review-Journal
  • 33rd annual Sulphur City Championship: After 2 rounds, Allen holds comfortable 12 stroke lead
    SULPHUR — Continuing his blistering pace from Friday, Neithan Allen set the cruise control to full speed ahead on Saturday as he toyed with a few records during the 33rd annual Sulphur City Championship at Frasch Park Golf Course. Allen shot a five-under 66 on Friday and followed that with a bogey-free round of 65 on Saturday to head into the final round today with a 12-stroke lead at 11-under.
    June 18, 2013 - Southwest Daily News
Quotes

  • Mark Hughes in ESPN
    I am delighted to be working with Craig once more,Hughes told the City website. "He is an outstanding player who provides us with qualities that we are slightly lacking." "He has blistering pace, has bags of of enthusiasm and has a...
  • David Laws in Chorley Guardian
    Mr Laws told the Liberal Democrat conference the plans amounted to a "blistering defence of real freedom in education".
  • Mohsen Mirdamadi in San Francisco Chronicle
    The blistering speech against Ahmadinejad only strengthened him back home and made his radical supporters more determined,Mirdamadi said during the hour-long interview in his central Tehran office.

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