blinding

adjective blind·ing \ ˈblīn-diŋ \

Definition of blinding

1 :causing or seeming to cause blindness :making sight difficult or impossible

a blinding light

a blinding snowstorm

a blinding headache [=an extremely painful headache]

2 :extremely or impressively fast

a runner with blinding speed

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blindingly

adverb

- a blindingly bright light
- blindingly fast speed

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News, giving the blinding diamond a quick flash to the camera.

— brittany talarico, PEOPLE.com, "All About the New Engagement Ring Chris Pratt Gave Anna Faris 8 Months Before Their Split," 7 Aug. 2017
The agreement between the parties, if nothing else, is testament to the band's massive successes -- and prowess at the negotiating table amid a blinding level of popularity.

— andy gensler, Billboard, "How Linkin Park Battled Warner Music Group At The Height Of Their Success And Came Out Ahead," 20 July 2017
Big, strong and with blinding burst, Peterson has been the closest thing to Jim Brown that the game has seen in recent years.

— mark mravic, SI.com, "The MMQB All-Time Draft: Who Got Snubbed?," 19 July 2017
The Great American Eclipse of August 21, 2017, will afford skywatchers a detailed glimpse of the sun’s corona, unobscured by the blinding light of the sun itself.

— eoin o'carroll, The Christian Science Monitor, "NASA's Parker Solar Probe: a mission six decades in the making," 1 June 2017
Since leaving Washington, Boehner has done little to disguise the blinding joy coursing through every fiber of his being.

— abigail tracy, The Hive, "Drunk-on-Life John Boehner Calls Trump a “Complete Disaster”," 26 May 2017
The light had a night-driving effect, forcing us to squint and glossing the stage in a blinding glare, but otherwise didn't seem to serve a purpose.

— lauren warnecke, chicagotribune.com, "With 'Threepieces,' Elements Ballet shows skill but glaring lights, puppet movements get in the way," 13 May 2017
It's got fluidity and an electric charge, with jolts and surges, reversing currents, shifting pulsations and blinding flashes.

— john adamian, courant.com, "Harriet Tubman Plays Two Shows Firehouse 12," 3 May 2017
Allen’s characters reach for the gratifications and achievements of adulthood with the blinding ego of adolescents.

— richard brody, The New Yorker, "Adam Sandler’s Misused Comedic Art," 17 Apr. 2017

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First Known Use of blinding

1786

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