blow

/bləʊ/ noun [C]

Definition

DISAPPOINTMENT › a shock or disappointment: Losing his job was a terrible blow to him.

HIT › a hard hit with a hand or heavy object: He suffered serious blows to the head during the attack.

INSTRUMENT › when you blow something or blow into an instrument or other object: a blow on the whistle

(Definition of blow noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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