sand·blast
ˈsan(d)-ˌblast 
: a stream of sand projected by compressed air (as for engraving, cutting, or cleaning glass or stone)
sandblasted; sandblasting; sandblasts
: to affect or treat with or as if with a sandblast
sandblaster
noun
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Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Mar. 2023
Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 6 May 2025
No record could be found documenting the method used to remove them, but historical letters and news clippings referred to techniques that would have resulted in destruction, including dousing them with lye, chipping them off the wall and sandblasting them.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2025
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Noun
At last night's LVMH Prize Cocktail Party, the actress made a statement in an asymmetrical sandblast denim maxi dress.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Mar. 2023
Verb
Emperor feels at every turn like the book On Earth should have been, if only Vuong had seen prose as an opportunity instead of an obstacle to be sandblasted away by pure force of lyricism.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 6 May 2025
No record could be found documenting the method used to remove them, but historical letters and news clippings referred to techniques that would have resulted in destruction, including dousing them with lye, chipping them off the wall and sandblasting them.
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2025
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“Sandblast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sandblast. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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