at one blast
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at one blast
- /ət wʌn ˈblɑːst/ UK
- /ət wɒn ˈblɑːst/ UK
- /ət wʌn ˈblæst/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English at one blaste.
adverb
- At once, at the same moment in time. For when Men ſhall obſerve the Nature of the Gun-Powder Treaſon, that it aymed at no leſs than the Deſtruction of the whole State at one blaſte; that the Contrivers were all Papiſts; that the pryme Hope of their Support was in the Engliſh Forces that ſerved the Archdukes, for which divers Captains t
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With one firing of a cannon or firearm; especially one whose ammunition is shotgun shot or grape shot, such that the multiple pieces of shot from one firing hit multiple birds or multiple soldiers.
Cannon, charged with grape, laid the men as flat as a pavement, exactly as a mighty wind levels standing grain at one blast.
Similar: all at once, simultaneously
Translations
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adv at once, at the same moment in time
| Español | de un plumazo |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | auf einen Schlag |
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