blast damage
Shockwave-induced destruction
Blast damage is destruction or injury caused by an explosion's pressure wave rather than by heat, shrapnel, or direct impact.
The term appears in military contexts, engineering assessments, and video games, where explosives inflict damage within a radius: The grenade's blast damage took out three enemies.
Buildings may sustain blast damage from nearby detonations even without being directly hit.
- explosionViolent burst of energy
- shockwavePropagating pressure disturbance
- craterImpact or volcanic basin
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- shrapnelScattered explosion fragments
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- damage claimsclaim, insurance claim, claim form, claim filing, collision claim
- collapsescollapse, bridge collapse, roof collapse, wall collapse, structural failure
- Nuclear Falloutfallout, radioactive dust, fallout zone, fallout shelter, contamination zone
blast damagestructural integrity
Wholeness under load
blast protection · fortification · hardening · preservation · shock absorption
blast damagecorrosion
Chemical wearing away
rust · rot · radiation damage · fire damage · water damage
blast damagerepair
Restore to working order
restoration · reconstruction · remediation · reinforcement · strengthening
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