blast

²blast

verb

Definition of BLAST

intransitive verb

1

: blare <music blasting from the radio>

2

: to make a vigorous attack

3

a : to use an explosive b : shoot

4

: to hit a golf ball out of a sand trap with explosive force

5

: to proceed rapidly or aggressively <blasting down the ski slope>

transitive verb

1

a : to injure by or as if by the action of wind b : blight

2

a : to shatter by or as if by an explosive b : to remove, open, or form by or as if by an explosive c : shoot

3

: to attack vigorously

4

: to cause to blast off <will blast themselves from the moon's surface>

5

: to hit vigorously and effectively <blasted a home run>

6

: to play loudly <blasting rock music on the stereo>

— blast·er noun

Examples of BLAST

1. Workers were blasting rock where the new highway will go.
2. The rock has been blasted away.
3. The explosion blasted a hole in the side of the ship.
4. The mayor was blasted by the local press.
5. The judge blasted the lawyers for delaying the trial.
6. Human rights groups have blasted the government for its treatment of political prisoners.
7. He blasted his rival with a pistol.
8. A gunship blasted enemy headquarters.
9. They blasted the enemy plane out of the sky.

First Known Use of BLAST

14th century

Related to BLAST

Synonyms: blow, blow up, burst, demolish, explode, pop, shatter, smash

Antonyms: crawl, creep, poke

Related Words: dynamite; annihilate, decimate, destroy; ruin, wreck; detonate, discharge; fragment, splinter

Near Antonyms: collapse, implode

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