Definition of Blastment

1. n. A sudden stroke or injury produced by some destructive cause.

Definition of Blastment

1. Noun. (archaic) A sudden strike or injury; a pernicious thing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blastment

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blastment

blastic
blasticidin
blasticidin S-acetyltransferase
blasticidin S deaminase
blasticidins
blastide
blastides
blastie
blastier
blasties
blastiest
blasting
blasting cap
blasting gelatin
blastings
blastment (current term)
blastments
blasto-
blastocarpous
blastocele
blastoceles
blastocelic
blastocladiella
blastocle
blastocoel
blastocoele
blastocoeles
blastocoelic
blastocoels
blastoconidia

Literary usage of Blastment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Westminster Review by John Chapman, Charles William Wason (1829)
"... and if he find blight or blastment of any description coming with morning dew, let him publish the particulars of what will really be a great phyto- ..."

2. Herman Melville, Mariner and Mystic by Raymond Melbourne Weaver (1921)
"... And he breathes with a breath that is blastment And dooms by a far degree. Though there are memorable lines and stanzas in Battle- Pieces, ..."

3. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"But why does man Regard religiously this tract Cadaverous and under ban Of blastment ? Nay, recall the fact That in the pagan era old, When bolts, ..."

4. The Westminster Review by John Chapman, Charles William Wason (1829)
"... and if he find blight or blastment of any description coming with morning dew, let him publish the particulars of what will really be a great phyto- ..."

5. Herman Melville, Mariner and Mystic by Raymond Melbourne Weaver (1921)
"... And he breathes with a breath that is blastment And dooms by a far degree. Though there are memorable lines and stanzas in Battle- Pieces, ..."

6. Letters of George Meredith by George Meredith (1912)
"But why does man Regard religiously this tract Cadaverous and under ban Of blastment ? Nay, recall the fact That in the pagan era old, When bolts, ..."

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