blaster

noun

blast·​er ˈbla-stər 

plural blasters

: someone or something that blasts something: such as

a

: one whose work is shattering or demolishing something (such as rock) with an explosive device or agent

Demolition companies that level buildings with explosive charges—and so are called blasters—have been letting the team plant transmitters in the ill-fated structures …

—Peter Weiss

At work in their gaslit catacomb the laborers split into the specialty groups that would become standard in tunnel driving: drillers and blasters worked the heading, blasting out the raw rock …

—Donald Dale Jackson

b

: something that produces a loud sound

specifically : a radio with powerful speakers : boom box

… he listens to alternative rock—Live, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Green Day—very loud, dutifully shouting answers over the blaster and the hair dryer.

—Fred Schruers

c

science fiction : a handheld weapon similar to a gun that fires bolts of energy instead of physical projectiles

For about $30 each, players don headsets and heavy vests—computer and battery pack in back, and on the front the "haptics" technology that creates physical sensations like the rumble of the spaceship's engines or the tingle of a shot from a blaster rifle hitting your body armor.

—Marjie Lambert

Examples of blaster in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With no direct allocation of products from any card manufacturers, Oomen said the couple drives across Michigan and neighboring states every day trying to scoop up as many WNBA blaster boxes as possible from retailers. —Larry Holder, New York Times, 17 June 2025

The biggest hit, however, belonged to Boston’s blaster. —Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2025

Lightsabers and blasters should also return, along other weapon changes. —Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025

Diego Luna would’ve been better off booking a trip with Star Tours than trying to bring his Andor blaster through real-life airport security. —Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 15 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1578, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing blaster

• ghetto blaster

Rhymes for blaster

• aster
• caster
• castor
• faster
• gaster
• laster
• master
• paster
• pastor
• plaster
• raster
• vaster