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
blindingly
adverb
a blindingly bright light
blindingly fast speed
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Then, severe thunderstorms at the end of May brought blinding rain, impressive hail and winds over 70 mph to Houston.
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Scott Dance, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
What’s most striking is that when a shower of meteorites hits Earth, the city explodes almost instantly, and as Samira staggers from the hospice bus in a blinding cloud of white dust, the images inevitably evoke haunting associations with the rain of ash that blanketed Lower Manhattan on 9/11.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024
Directed by Andrew Dominik, Brad Pitt stars as Jesse James, and there might not be another film that better utilizes its star's blinding charisma.
—and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 June 2024
You were literally born to shine, regardless of whether that light is too blinding for others to handle.
—Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 14 June 2024
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Scott Dance, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
What’s most striking is that when a shower of meteorites hits Earth, the city explodes almost instantly, and as Samira staggers from the hospice bus in a blinding cloud of white dust, the images inevitably evoke haunting associations with the rain of ash that blanketed Lower Manhattan on 9/11.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2024
Directed by Andrew Dominik, Brad Pitt stars as Jesse James, and there might not be another film that better utilizes its star's blinding charisma.
—and Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 21 June 2024
You were literally born to shine, regardless of whether that light is too blinding for others to handle.
—Roya Backlund, StyleCaster, 14 June 2024
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“Blinding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blinding. Accessed 16 Sep. 2024.
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