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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The spherical object reportedly then burst into a blinding bright light.
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Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
After emitting a blinding flash, the blazing rock’s explosion rattled buildings, shattered windows, and hospitalized roughly 1,500 civilians with the waves of its shrapnel.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2025
Spencer sees her from the window, somehow IMMEDIATELY recognizes his bundled-up wife in the blinding whiteness, then races through the cars and hops out the back.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 6 Apr. 2025
Don’t forget to highlight your cheeks and the tip of your nose with a blinding highlighter.
—Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2025
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Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
After emitting a blinding flash, the blazing rock’s explosion rattled buildings, shattered windows, and hospitalized roughly 1,500 civilians with the waves of its shrapnel.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2025
Spencer sees her from the window, somehow IMMEDIATELY recognizes his bundled-up wife in the blinding whiteness, then races through the cars and hops out the back.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 6 Apr. 2025
Don’t forget to highlight your cheeks and the tip of your nose with a blinding highlighter.
—Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Blinding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blinding. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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