Definitions
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- noun A sudden
rush ofair in a confined space (such as a mine) following a disturbance or explosion
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Examples
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That is always far worse than any airblast (see, for example Challenger).
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He catches her arm and hangs on as she dangles, doll-like, in the airblast.
Fail-Safe, &c. Hook, Sidney 1964
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The airblast in the cities is unbearable now, and getting worse all the time.
The Black Star Passes John Wood Campbell 1940
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Morey was a skillful pilot, and realized, as few others did, the dangers of that downward airblast that the countless whirring blades maintained in a constant roar of air.
The Black Star Passes John Wood Campbell 1940
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"In this workshop we will calibrate a 70-gallon airblast sprayer, herbicide sprayer and backpack sprayer."
Media Newswire media-newswire.com 2010
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Somehow he gets propelled up by the airblast despite that distance too.
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Somehow he gets propelled up by the airblast despite that distance too.
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So do you just shoot some flame and immediately airblast?
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Reverted Force-A-Nature and airblast knockback on disguised Spies, so that they can once again be knocked back
Steam RSS News Feed 2009
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Currently the offer includes all forms of parts formation (horizontal, matchplate & vertical moulding) and surface preparation technologies (airblast, wheelblast and mass finishing).
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