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Blow out   /bloʊ aʊt/   Listen
Blow out

verb
1.
Melt, break, or become otherwise unusable.  Synonyms: blow, burn out.  "The fuse blew"
2.
Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights.  Synonyms: extinguish, quench, snuff out.  "Quench the flames" , "Snuff out the candles"  Antonym: ignite.
3.
Erupt in an uncontrolled manner.



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"Blow out" Quotes from Famous Books



... your devotion to your cause demands of you; I do know what it seems to demand of me. Hear me, then! I will do my best to protect you, and get you safely away from here; but, failing that, I tell you plainly that I shall blow out your brains and ...
— Clarence • Bret Harte
... piece of luck as interposed for his reward, and I for one believed him. If it had been in mediaeval times you would have had a legend or a ballad. Bret Harte would have given you a tale. You see in me a mere recorder, for I know what is best for you; you shall blow out this bubble from your ...
— The Land of Little Rain • Mary Austin
... we shall see better,' came his voice, sudden and mechanical and belonging to the world of man. She could scarcely believe there was a world of man. She leaned round and blew out her lanterns. They were difficult to blow out. Everywhere the lights were gone save the coloured points on the sides of the launch. The blueygrey, early night spread level around, the moon was overhead, there were shadows of ...
— Women in Love • D. H. Lawrence
... dance over the billows by way of keeping time to it. Thus triumphantly did the Argo sail out of the harbor, amidst the huzzas and good wishes of everybody except the wicked old Pelias, who stood on a promontory, scowling at her, and wishing that he could blow out of his lungs the tempest of wrath that was in his heart, and so sink the galley with all on board. When they had sailed above fifty miles over the sea, Lynceus happened to cast his sharp eyes behind, and said that there was this bad-hearted king, ...
— Tanglewood Tales • Nathaniel Hawthorne
... away so expeditiously as with the aid of your lordship. We will now set you free. I must tell you, beforehand, that if you attempt to raise your voice and give the alarm, we shall be constrained to blow out your brains." ...
— In the Irish Brigade - A Tale of War in Flanders and Spain • G. A. Henty


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