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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Michelle Lee, People.com, 20 May 2025
Image Image In a blinding flash, the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima by the Enola Gay killed at least 70,000 people.
—William J. Broad, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Still, some options will also include a red light setting, which produces less of a blinding effect for others, and strobe effects for emergency signaling.
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The spherical object reportedly then burst into a blinding bright light.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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Michelle Lee, People.com, 20 May 2025
Image Image In a blinding flash, the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima by the Enola Gay killed at least 70,000 people.
—William J. Broad, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Still, some options will also include a red light setting, which produces less of a blinding effect for others, and strobe effects for emergency signaling.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 1 May 2025
The spherical object reportedly then burst into a blinding bright light.
—Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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“Blinding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blinding. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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