Definition of "blinding"

On it came, and with it came the glorious blinding cloud of many-coloured light, and stood before us for a space, turning, as it seemed to us, slowly round and round, and then, accompanied by its attendant pomp of sound, passed away I know not whither.

1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887

Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.

1914, Louis Joseph Vance, chapter III, in Nobody, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, published 1915

certain 'details' of 'scientifically realized socialism' became blinding obvious

1983, Régis Debray, Critique of Political Reason, page 6

He made the basket on his second attempt, after an exchange of moves so blinding fast that Derek could barely distinguish them.

1997, Steven Barnes, Blood Brothers, page 190

I was in a nightmare, and everything was blinding bright, inky black, blinding bright; and fading, and fading

2003, Sally Prue, The Devil's Toenail, page 139

It's the blinding obvious fact that American football is the real-life equivalent of Quidditch. Or maybe Fireball - the game invented by Joey and Chandler

2005 February 8, “The greatest show on earth”, in Guardian Unlimited

WHILST IT'S blinding obvious that converged networks are the way to go, it's also apparent that C21 [21st Century] networks won't get rapidly rolled out

2006 November 28, “Converged networks lack adequate business tools”, in Inquirer

Roger Yates, chief executive officer of Henderson Group Plc in London, which oversees about $125 billion said Greenspan's remarks were "blinding obvious".

2007 May 24, “US Note Yields Near 4-Month High Before Durable Goods Report”, in Bloomberg