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as in ripped
slang being under the influence of a recreational drug the members of the rock band were all so blasted they could barely perform

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blasted

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verb

past tense of blast
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to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive the highway engineers will have to blast that hill in order to put a road through here

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to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force artillery that could blast cannonballs from hundreds of yards

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as in shot
to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force the recruits were all blasting away at the target range

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As in the video game, which starts characters off in a kind of blasted heath, the surroundings are visually competent but forgettable. Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024 Hunger and disease stalk Gaza’s blasted neighborhoods. Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023 And of course, the blasted, decaying backdrop of the Bronx would somehow scuttle everyone’s dreams and desires. Vulture, 15 Sep. 2023 Sabalenka dispatched Svitolina, 6-4, 6-4, with one last bullying rally and a final blasted forehand. Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 June 2023 Their mission was to understand ejecta patterns—the blasted material that lands outside the crater—and help astronauts develop an understanding of how to sample this material while on the moon. Mike Bezemek, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2023 If this flat, endless nowhere is a manifestation of the blasted psychic terrain Barry (and Sally) now occupy, the camera isn’t having it. Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 1 May 2023 Back at Conductor, Mr. Besmertnik watched his office start to buzz as the head of internal communications, Dani Weiss, blasted music, grabbed a microphone and called everyone together for an all-staff meeting. Emma Goldberg Hilary Swift, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023 The glass inside the vehicle is shown blasted but intact. Samuel Oakford, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2022

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“Blasted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blasted. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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