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Meanings of blistering in English

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formación de ampollas

The formation of vesicles in or beneath the skin.

        formación de ampollas

        Being harsh or corrosive in tone.

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            Very fast; capable of quick response and great speed.

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                  Hot enough to raise (or as if to raise) blisters.

                        Usage of blistering in English
                        1
                        Background: The use of rituximab for refractory autoimmune blistering diseases is increasing.
                        Pubmed
                        2
                        South Africa, Australia, and Argentina started the year with blistering heat waves.
                        The Guardian
                        3
                        Anecdotes enliven the text, including a blistering critique of Ernst & Young.
                        Reuters
                        4
                        Maybe galloping growth, not blistering growth, said Roth Capital analyst Craig Irwin.
                        Reuters
                        5
                        There is no better example than Chautauqua's blistering win in Hong Kong.
                        News.com.au
                        6
                        The blistering cylinders were growing cold; the steel floor beneath was awash.
                        Love Stories
                        7
                        The oath he uttered in response to his brother's words was blistering.
                        The Book of Life
                        8
                        The former Massachusetts governor delivered a blistering attack on Trump in March.
                        Reuters
                        9
                        There's an extraordinary combination of blistering self-confidence and genuine doubt in Healy.
                        The Guardian
                        10
                        It's also a precursor chemical for the blistering weapon nitrogen mustard gas.
                        Wired
                        11
                        They will always be ringing in my ears-alwaysblistering and burning me.
                        Helen and Arthur; or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel
                        12
                        White of an egg added makes it better and not so blistering.
                        Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
                        13
                        Through the trees there came now fine white volleys of blistering snow.
                        Isobel : A Romance of the Northern Trail
                        14
                        I wanted that amazing, blistering guitar player, a partner to play off.
                        Between a heart and a rock place: a memoir
                        15
                        But Hull responded in blistering fashion to score twice in 74 seconds.
                        Reuters
                        16
                        No good comes from the use of blistering ointments immediately after cauterization.
                        Lameness of the Horse / Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1
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                        Blistering through the time
                        Blistering across language varieties
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                        Ireland
                        Common
                        United States of America
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