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Blow out

verb

Melt, break, or become otherwise unusable. Synonyms: blow, burn out. "The fuse blew"

Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights. Synonyms: extinguish, quench, snuff out. "Quench the flames" , "Snuff out the candles" Antonym: ignite.

Erupt in an uncontrolled manner.

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"Blow out" Quotes from Famous Books

... three of the pirates attacked him; one with a pistol levelled at his forehead demanded whether he would sign their articles, another with a pistol at his right ear, swore that if he did not they would blow out his brains, while a third held a couple of forks at his breast, and terrified him with the continual apprehensions of having them stabbed into him. Whereupon he told them that he had four young infants in England, to whom he thought it his duty to ...

— Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences • Arthur L. Hayward

... always disappear again and blow out such brains as he possessed, if that came to pass, ...

— Snake and Sword - A Novel • Percival Christopher Wren

... agreeable sensations, and that to live was to endure unhappiness. Therefore, they decided that jointly they would commit suicide and named the time and the place. On the day appointed the Englishman appeared with a revolver ready to blow out his brains, but no Voltaire was to be seen. He looked high and low and then went to the sage's home. There he found him seated before a table groaning with the good things of life and reading a naughty novel ...

— The Nervous Housewife • Abraham Myerson

... my name from disgrace, and in the second because were I posted as a defaulter it would strike a severe blow at the credit of the bank. So he will give me the money, but he will bid me leave his house forever. That will matter little, for I shall pay the money, and tomorrow night I shall blow out my brains." ...

— Colonel Thorndyke's Secret • G. A. Henty

... he had made up his mind to commit suicide. He said that since Miss Brown had dealt so unkindly with him he felt that life was an insupportable burden, and he could find relief only in the tomb. He intended to go down by the river-shore and there blow out his brains, and so end all this suffering and grief and bid farewell to a world that had grown dark to him. He said that he mentioned the fact to Potts in confidence because he wanted him to perform some little offices for ...

— Elbow-Room - A Novel Without a Plot • Charles Heber Clark (AKA Max Adeler)

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