/?bla?nd.sa?d/tosurprisesomeone, usually withharmfulresults:Therecessionblindsided a lot oflawyerswho hadpreviouslytaken forgrantedtheircomfortableincome.SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesSurprising and shocking
amaze
amazing
amazingly
astonish
astonishing
blinding
dynamite
earth-shattering
earth-shatteringly
earthshakingly
overtake
shock tactics
shocking
springsomethingonsomeone
stagger
staggering
staggeringly
stun
the darnedest thingidiom
world-shattering
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