Blow
Blow noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
How words are described
| good | good blow | good check |
| direct | direct blow | direct check |
| free | free blow | free check |
| single | single blow | single check |
| Other adjectives: harsh, simple, powerful, real, successful, massive, large, big, serious, huge, bad, quick, personal, psychological, final, last, resulting. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- For a blow-by-blow account, check out Almond's autobiography Tainted Life, which at times reads like a catalogue of which songs were produced under the influence of which drugs. Synthpop
Source: Music / Soft Cell -
He doesn't even bother to check on that last bit before deciding to blow up the Enterprise, even though he'd have been untrackable if he'd simply left.
Source: Film / Star Trek Into Darkness - The only reason said robot doesn't blow up everything is because he's kept in check by the other two.
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