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blast wave

noun

  1. a violent propagating disturbance, produced by an explosion in air, that consists of an abrupt rise in pressure followed by a drop in pressure to or below atmospheric pressure.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of blast wave1

First recorded in 1935–40
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The blast wave nevertheless tossed all of his stock into a jumble of shower handles and hoses, boxes of masking tape and home repair tools — all covered in fine, metallic-gray dust.

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Of the civilians who have been killed, the majority were torn to pieces or wounded by the blast waves of Israeli airstrikes, often using American-made bombs.

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He felt the jolts as the blast waves shook the windows.

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The military measures the force of blast waves in pounds of pressure per square inch, and the current safety guidelines say that anything below 4 PSI is safe for the brain.

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Their blast waves and expanding cloud of debris may persist for more than 50,000 years.

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