blasties

Definition of blastiesnext
plural of blastie, Scottish

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Noun
  • Walker Farm While no injuries were reported, the owners of the barn say all but one of the animals that had been in the barn during the fire died, including two Great Pyrenees and one corgi.
    Riley Moser, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Thousands of other animals, including sea turtles, birds and dolphins, were also killed and harmed in that disaster.
    Kristen Monsell, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • This could include, but is not limited to, major vermin contamination.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado April 3, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Stories about vermin infestations at Broadcasting House, which cost £1B ($1.3B) to build, have long been a source of fascination for British newspapers.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Make Sure Your Problem Is Gophers Gophers are not the only tunneling creatures that can make a mess of your lawn.
    David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Then there are the creatures that love to feast on the fruits, like squirrels, birds, and deer.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 11 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Before the fossils discovered in China, scientists saw traces of this symmetric body type in fossil tracks, but not the critters themselves.
    ABC News, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Some blame the cleanliness of an environment if there is a presence of bed bugs, but really, these critters will show up anywhere there is food.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • That’s happened in several Mid Atlantic rivers, but in the absence of larger brutes like blues and flathead, channels will thrive and can break the 15-pound mark.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 9 Apr. 2026
  • In Raspail’s tale, hordes of impoverished and dark-​skinned brutes from India descend onto French shores by way of rafts, the first wave of an invasion of the civilized West by the brown-​skinned developing world.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
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“Blasties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blasties. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.

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