blastment

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noun

A sudden strike or injury; a pernicious thing.

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Meanings

nounblastment (plural blastments)

plural blastments

  1. archaicA sudden strike or injury; a pernicious thing.

    And in the morn and liquid dew of youth Contagious blastments are most imminent.

    c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]

Origin

From blast + -ment.

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