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blinded

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verb

past tense of blind
as in dazed
to overpower with light the bright lights in the TV studio momentarily blinded the quiz show contestants

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blinded
Verb
  • For the coveted shoot, the Olympic athlete stunned in a variety of looks.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
  • However, most were stunned at Dawn's story.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Universities aren’t blind to the pressures students are under, and many have made student wellness a priority.
    Cornelia Powers, The Atlantic, 18 May 2025
  • Your editorial and the Democrats are completely blind as to the facts by your radical liberal ideology.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2025
Verb
  • Dorothy Dandridge, who dazzled Hollywood but was cast aside too soon.
    Essence, Essence, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Are theater owners no longer dazzled by star power?
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Their bodies were found wrapped in plastic, blindfolded, bound and gagged on a farm in March 1985.
    Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2025
  • In the clip, Jess led her blindfolded boyfriend outdoors, where a celebration full of food, balloons and friends and family awaited.
    Nicole Briese, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • These tiny fossorial ophidians — though not the tiniest (that title belongs to this 4-inch snake from Barbados) — are nearly sightless.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • By hooking up the brains of blind rats to compasses, scientists in Japan found the sightless rodents could navigate a maze nearly as well as normally sighted rats.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2015
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“Blinded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blinded. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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