blastoff

noun blast·off \ ˈblast-ˌȯf \

Definition of blastoff

:a blasting off (as of a rocket)

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Examples of blastoff in a Sentence

the mission was scrubbed just minutes before blastoff

Recent Examples of blastoff from the Web

The United States Pacific Command said that one of the three ballistic missiles had blown up immediately after blastoff, but that two others had traveled about 155 miles before splashing down.

— choe sang-hun, New York Times, "North Korea Used Multiple-Rocket Launchers to Test Missiles," 26 Aug. 2017
Less than nine minutes after blastoff, to the relief of all, the shuttle safely carried the educator and her colleagues into orbit.

— by martin merzer and phil long, miamiherald, "The day a teacher blasted into space, years after a shuttle mission killed her friend," 7 Aug. 2017
Entry-ramp blastoffs were quick, Mini claiming a 0-60 mph time of seven seconds.

— mark savage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "The new Countryman is a chubbier, roomier Mini Cooper," 19 July 2017
After pushing the launch time back to the end of the window because of threatening weather, countdown clocks were ticking down to blastoff at 8:35 p.m. EDT when telemetry indicated a problem.

— william harwood, CBS News, "Last-second glitch grounds SpaceX rocket launch," 3 July 2017
The launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying a powerful communications satellite was called off just 10 seconds before blastoff Sunday because of an apparent glitch in the rocket's guidance and navigation system.

— william harwood, CBS News, "SpaceX launch scrubbed at T-minus 10 seconds," 2 July 2017
The August blastoff will be the program’s fifth flight.

— justin bachman, Bloomberg.com, "Musk’s SpaceX Joins the Military," 12 June 2017
Saturday’s blastoff of the Falcon 9 rocket carrying the unmanned Dragon capsule went off like clockwork, rising from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center on schedule at 5:07 p.m. local time.

— andy pasztor, WSJ, "SpaceX Launches Previously Used Cargo Capsule for First Time," 3 June 2017
Each mighty blastoff left traces on the flame trench, a 42-foot-deep pit lined with fire-resistant bricks and concrete that channels a rocket’s superheated exhaust away from the spacecraft.

— amy crawford, Smithsonian, "New Photos Reveal What’s Left Behind When a Rocket Travels to Space," 26 May 2017

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