The phrase "explosive blasts" refers to powerful and sudden releases of energy that creates a loud noise, strong waves, and destruction. Full definition
The number of veterans at risk is large: traumatic brain injury caused by explosive blasts is thought to afflict about 20 percent of the 2.3 million servicemen and women deployed in combat since 2001, according to a team of researchers from Boston University, New York Medical College and the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System. (scientificamerican.com)
Wyss bioengineer Kit Parker (left, with Harvard graduate student Borna Dabiri) is studying how pressure waves from explosive blasts affect brain tissue. (discovermagazine.com)
Bad news for life near Proxima Centauri — the star has been seen emitting explosive blasts of radiation that would destroy the ozone on its Earth - like planet (newscientist.com)