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Search phrase: blast

Plays

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Antony and CleopatraAC IV.viii.36With brazen din blast you the city's ear;With brazen dinne blast you the Citties eare,
CoriolanusCor I.iv.12To help our fielded friends! Come, blow thy blast.To helpe our fielded Friends. Come, blow thy blast.
HamletHam I.i.127I'll cross it, though it blast me.Ile crosse it, though it blast me.
HamletHam IV.vii.153If this should blast in proof. Soft, let me see.If this should blast in proofe: Soft, let me see
Henry VH5 III.i.5But when the blast of war blows in our ears,But when the blast of Warre blowes in our eares,
Henry VI Part 22H6 V.ii.43Now let the general trumpet blow his blast,Now let the generall Trumpet blow his blast,
Henry VI Part 33H6 IV.iv.23Lest with my sighs or tears I blast or drownLeast with my sighes or teares, I blast or drowne
Henry VI Part 33H6 V.vii.21I'll blast his harvest, if your head were laid;Ile blast his Haruest, if your head were laid,
King LearKL III.vi.43And for one blast of thy minikin mouth
MacbethMac I.vii.22Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin, horsedStriding the blast, or Heauens Cherubin, hors'd
OthelloOth II.i.6A fuller blast ne'er shook our battlements.A fuller blast ne're shooke our Battlements:
PericlesPer epilogue.V.iii.5Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast,Vertue preferd from fell destructions blast,
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK II.i.79.1To blast whole armies more.To blast whole Armies more.
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK II.i.225Or entertainest a hope to blast my wishes,Or entertain'st a hope to blast my wishes,

Poems

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The Rape of LucreceLuc.1335 As lagging fowls before the northern blast. As lagging fowles before the Northerne blast,

Glossary

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blastblight, wither, destroy
blastcome to grief, be destroyed, fail
blastdestroy, ruin, lay waste
blaststorm, rage, angry breath
blusterstorm, tempest, rough blast
breathingblowing, exhalation, blast
flawgust, squall, blast
gustoutburst, violent blast

Thesaurus

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blastbreathing
blastflaw
blast, roughbluster
blast, violentgust
violent blastgust

Themes and Topics

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BLASTBASICblast n, blast v, blasted adj, blasting adj, blastment n
BLASTBADstar-blasting n

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