superblast

English

Etymology

super- +‎ blast

Noun

superblast (plural superblasts)

1. (rare) An extremely intense, explosive blast.
   • 1974, Associated Students of Brigham Young University, The Daily Universe‎^[1], Associated Students of Brigham Young, page 2:

     The Soviet chief’s East Berlin address Sunday had the sound of the classic superpower superblast that uses thousands of words to say practically nothing new.

   • 1976, John Baxter, Thomas Atkins, The Fire Came by: The Riddle of the Great Siberian Explosion‎^[2], Garden City, page 77:

     The solid evidence he had acquired impressed the Soviet Academy of Sciences and quashed the skepticism and indifference with which many scientists had previously greeted stories of the strange superblast.

   • 1977, Jack Stoneley, Tunguska, Cauldron of Hell‎^[3], Simon and Schuster, page 99:

     But consider the appalling effects of a mid-air nuclear superblast taking place a few miles above a major city (say at around 20 000 feet).