blasties

noun

plural of blastie, Scottish
as in animals

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  1. animals
  2. vermin
  3. creatures
  4. varmints
  5. critters
  6. brutes
Noun
  • The animals were killed for their hides and their tongues, a culinary delicacy, but also as part of the campaign to ethnically cleanse Native Americans from the land.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 20 July 2026
  • But the key to removing bats is to follow a specific protocol since unlike other animals, bats have legal protection.
    — Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 20 July 2026
Definition of animals
Noun
  • Residents have been complaining loudly about impacts from the fire, most notably citing issues such as noxious odors, vermin, flies and rodents.
    — Tom Bray, Daily News, 14 July 2026
  • This could include, but is not limited to, major vermin contamination.
    — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado July 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
Definition of vermin
Noun
  • Diving with sharks in their natural habitat is an unforgettable experience and offers a chance to fall in love with these powerful yet graceful creatures.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 26 July 2026
  • Festivalgoers had stepped into a world where fantasy becomes reality and the mystical creatures of the forest come to life.
    — Daily Herald, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2026
Definition of creatures
Noun
  • Moreover, the official mascots succeed in spotting various varmints — foxes and possums, to be specific, but thankfully, no vultures.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 16 June 2026
Definition of varmints
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  • Baker and his team placed a bevy of hard corals on the structure, including corals implanted with a more heat-resistant algal symbiote (the tiny critters that live inside the coral animal and provide it shade and food).
    — Alex Harris July 22, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026
  • Perhaps most disturbing, however, is that lingering food particles on the lid, rim, or bottom of the bin (because even the strongest trash bags can rip) attract critters like mice and roaches.
    — Emily Farris, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 July 2026
Definition of critters
Noun
  • These brutes commonly exceed 50 pounds.
    — Keith Sutton, Outdoor Life, 18 June 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
Definition of brutes
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