blastie

Scottish

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Noun
  • How to prevent exposure to the plague To prevent exposure to plague, Coconino County officials have the following tips: Avoid contact with wild animals.
    Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 11 July 2025
  • Police apology Police said officers will receive additional training on the statute that allows first responders to enter a vehicle to protect the health and safety of an animal.
    Sydney Sasser July 11, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2025
Noun
  • Most of the remaining beasties now live on remote islands near the equator, and most humans would conveniently like to forget them.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 30 June 2025
  • That hybrid classification extends to recent hits such as Minecraft and Sonic the Hedgehog, which combine live actors with CGI beasties.
    Chris Lee, Vulture, 27 May 2025
Noun
  • Once upon a time, the movie tells us, people flocked to see these giant creatures resurrected from old DNA.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
  • That was a journey nearly like designing the creatures.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Another disadvantage: Adding banana peels directly to the soil may attract unwelcome varmints.
    Marin Independent Journal, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The dog, unable to climb after the varmint, stood on his haunches with his front paws resting on the tree and howled loudly.
    Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • This could include, but is not limited to, major vermin contamination.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado July 4, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025
  • Inspectors cited the Mexican restaurant numerous violations ranging from vermin activity to unclean surfaces.
    Hannah Poukish, Sacramento Bee, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • King's polo playing husband, Bill Mitchell — who went on to become a director for Texaco — became the model for Daisy’s rich brute of a husband, Tom Buchanan.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 5 June 2025
  • This freshly re-imagined Jag is worlds apart from that old German brute, but was similar in the sense of feeling wonderfully light and responsive, and utilizing hydraulic fluid to power its steering.
    Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • In some cases, the animals still wouldn’t move even after the quadruped bumped into them.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 10 July 2025
  • More Kent Nishimura/AP A robotic quadruped, also known as a robot dog, during the US Army's 250th Anniversary Parade in Washington, DC, US, on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • In various sequences, kids and critters alike are in danger where Superman has to save them – including a curious squirrel.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 11 July 2025
  • The 40-acre facility has among its list of roughly 1,600 critters, penguins, binturongs, sharks, dingoes, Flemish giant rabbits, servals, tree frogs, capuchin monkeys, moon jellyfish, pythons and orangutans.
    Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 10 July 2025
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“Blastie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blastie. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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