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snow-blind

adjective

  1. temporarily unable to see or having impaired vision because of the intense reflection of sunlight from snow
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • snow blindness, noun
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Example Sentences

Easing a truck through hairpin turns, Kyek described storms when snow-blind plow drivers use GPS to uncover buried roadways.

The sink and tub were scrubbed until their whiteness could snow-blind.

When operators look at thousands of parts a day, they sometimes become “snow-blind” to defects, Mr. Mead said.

With her frostbitten and snow-blind climbing partner safe in their only tent, Elisabeth Revol proceeded farther down the mountain to call for help on her satellite phone.

The stricken man, snow-blind and nearly frozen without a sleeping bag, was rescued by others, but it was a misadventure Mr. Beckey never lived down.

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