1
as in intense
extreme in degree, power, or effect
even after a blistering attack from the enemy, the fortress held
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as in rapid
moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed
a major-league pitcher known for his blistering fastballs
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Recent Examples of blistering
The 24-page opinion is the most blistering assessment yet by a judge of the Justice Department’s actions leading up to the Comey indictment.
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2025
Nacua was off to a blistering and historic start to his 2025 campaign.
—Devon Henderson, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
The announcement comes amid a blistering year of investment in companies developing humanlike robots.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
Rapace’s kit — with that long thoroughbred stride somehow made greater by the black grosgrain stripes, the velocity of it all filling that billow in the cape — cut a blistering path down the Bugonia carpet.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Sydney Lake, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2025
Nacua was off to a blistering and historic start to his 2025 campaign.
—Devon Henderson, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
The announcement comes amid a blistering year of investment in companies developing humanlike robots.
—Jared Perlo, NBC news, 16 Sep. 2025
Rapace’s kit — with that long thoroughbred stride somehow made greater by the black grosgrain stripes, the velocity of it all filling that billow in the cape — cut a blistering path down the Bugonia carpet.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blistering
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This looming impasse between baseball and its players’ union stands to make for some intense labor negotiations.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
4 Feb. 2026
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Corporate succession has been fraught at Disney — and the subject of intense speculation across Hollywood in recent years.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Feb. 2026
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Across the city, mutual-aid and rapid-response networks are coordinating food, rides, childcare, rent assistance, and medical support so families can keep living without exposing themselves to risk.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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Kindred, which owns both Orange County facilities, has refused to pay workers enough to avoid rapid turnover that has contributed to understaffing.—
Pat Maio,
Oc Register,
27 Jan. 2026
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While neighboring vineyards resorted to grafting their vines onto pest-resistant American roots, DRC used various intensive strategies to keep its original European vines intact, at least until the 1940s.—
Pin Yen Tan 9 min ago,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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The company later focused strictly on music supervision for music-intensive shows such as American Idol, to which Kaye contributed for more than 15 years.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2026
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Moderate-intensity—your effort feels like a 4 to 6 on a scale of 1 to 10—cardio can include low-impact aerobic workouts like brisk walking, light cycling, elliptical use, swimming, water aerobics, hiking, rowing, and stair climbing.—
Cheyenne Buckingham,
SELF,
6 Feb. 2026
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About a dozen tots strapped up in their floor length aprons, eager to get messy in the garden, on a brisk winter Texas morning.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Feb. 2026
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Those funds are caught in a fierce battle over Democratic proposals, now backed by some Republicans, to impose limits on the behavior of the ICE agents whose aggressive tactics in Minneapolis have left protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti dead.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
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Game director Cary Trzcinski made sure emotions did not boil over and lead to a melee, sticking his thick body and fierce game face into one brewing moment in the second half.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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As his health faded in the last year of his life, Neruda rushed to finish his story, which gives the last chapters of his book a galloping, fragmented quality.—
Tunku Varadarajan,
WSJ,
25 June 2021
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Designed by renowned architect Dominique Perrault, its four stories tilting forward are said to evoke a galloping horse.—
Rob Hodgetts at Longchamp,
CNN,
15 Oct. 2019
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The press was ferocious and organised, with the number of box entries and chances created being higher than any league performance this season.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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What Lee did not anticipate was the iron resolve, the ferocious tenacity, of the Union defenders.—
Jamelle Bouie,
Mercury News,
29 Jan. 2026
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Democrats were quick to seize on the internal Republican criticism.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Feb. 2026
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In contrast to the relatively quick pickup for the show’s second season — which came about three weeks after its premiere — Netflix waited more than two months to decide the show’s future this time around.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Blistering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blistering. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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