sandblast
noun
sand·blast
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Definition of sandblast
(Entry 1 of 2)
: a stream of sand projected by compressed air (as for engraving, cutting, or cleaning glass or stone)
sandblast
verb
sandblasted;
sandblasting;
sandblasts
Definition of sandblast (Entry 2 of 2)
: to affect or treat with or as if with a sandblast
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Examples of sandblast in a Sentence
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The Minnesota slide was sandblasted and painted in April. — Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, "The Giant Slide turns 50. Here are 50 fun facts about the Minnesota State Fair tradition.," 18 Aug. 2019 The shell is also inspected for cracks, sandblasted, cleaned and repainted. — Matt Kawahara, SFChronicle.com, "Raiders’ Antonio Brown seeks helmet resolution," 15 Aug. 2019 But they’re showstoppers, sandblasted with loving inscriptions and positive intentions. — Los Angeles Times, "The best reusable water bottles, for when you’re ready to ditch your plastic habit," 19 July 2019 The land also had been a dumping ground for materials containing asbestos, pesticides, sandblasting grit, medical waste and tear gas agents. — Kimberly Veklerov, San Francisco Chronicle, "Development begins at Alameda base that used troubled nuclear cleanup contractor," 23 May 2018 Fargeat shoots her early scenes from a distinctly male-gaze point of view, lingering on Lutz’s body in honeyed light (the film’s palette is lovely, all sandblasted pastels and ocher-blue sky). — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, "Revenge Is an Exploitation Movie for the #MeToo Era," 11 May 2018 At Davis Square Station in Somerville, 11 poems were sandblasted into bricks, including nine on the railway platform. — Cindy Cantrell, BostonGlobe.com, "Making Boston’s poetry visible," 26 Apr. 2018 And a plant in Florida was cited for polluting the air through its sandblasting operation. — John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Industrial barrel recycling plants in several states rack up environmental and workplace violations," 20 Dec. 2017 That said, the granite itself is solid, so sandblasting the sculpture wouldn’t affect the structural integrity of the mountain. — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, "What Will Happen to Stone Mountain, America’s Largest Confederate Memorial?," 22 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sandblast.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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