sandblast

From sand +‎ blast.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsænd.blɑːst/

sandblast (third-person singular simple present sandblasts, present participle sandblasting, simple past and past participle sandblasted)

1. To spray with fast-moving solid grains (such as sand propelled by compressed air, although softer material like sodium bicarbonate used for delicate materials may also be so referred to). The process is used for stripping dirt, rust, paint etc. from the surface of objects.

   Coordinate terms: wire brush (verb), wire wheel (verb)

   • 2005, Paul Carter, Don't Tell Mum I Work on the Rigs, Crows Nest: Allen and Unwin, page 23:

     The plane's large rear doors swallowed up my friend in superfast time, its departure sandblasting everyone in red prop wash as it vaporised down the main street and into the afternoon's dust-bowl sky.

sandblast (plural sandblasts)

1. Sand driven by a blast of air or steam for cutting and engraving figures on glass or metal.