1
: causing or seeming to cause blindness : making sight difficult or impossible
a blinding light
a blinding snowstorm
a blinding headache [=an extremely painful headache]
2
: extremely or impressively fast
a runner with blinding speed
blindingly
adverb
a blindingly bright light
blindingly fast speed
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Flash-bang grenades, or stun grenades, are designed to disorient through a combination of deafening noise, blinding light, heat, fragmentation and pressure.
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Michele Heisler, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026
On that quintessentially sunny January day, Toliver wore an equally blinding, all-white outfit in contrast to the bright yellows of the racer.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
But three seconds after the Wild killed the minor, big Logan Stanley scored with a perfect and blinding shot after Foligno burst out of the defensive zone without the puck.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Only in the moments after stepping out into a blinding sun, our few remaining protagonists are either stalled or starting over, with little to show for it either way.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Jan. 2026
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Michele Heisler, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2026
On that quintessentially sunny January day, Toliver wore an equally blinding, all-white outfit in contrast to the bright yellows of the racer.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
But three seconds after the Wild killed the minor, big Logan Stanley scored with a perfect and blinding shot after Foligno burst out of the defensive zone without the puck.
—Michael Russo, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
Only in the moments after stepping out into a blinding sun, our few remaining protagonists are either stalled or starting over, with little to show for it either way.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 11 Jan. 2026
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“Blinding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blinding. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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