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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
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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.
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The August blastoff will be the program’s fifth flight.
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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.
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With a blastoff date slated for 2021, the agreement catapults Blue Origin LLC, founded in 2000 by the Amazon chief and billionaire entrepreneur, into a position to potentially vie for launch business from other global satellite...
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The latest schedule calls for blastoff of a Falcon 9 rocket, carrying 10 satellites for Iridium Communications Inc., from Vandenberg Air Force Base next Saturday morning.
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The memoir would begin at 7:05 p.m. ET on September 8, when the launch window opens for blastoff from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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The reports included photographs of the blastoff from a mobile launch vehicle.
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First Known Use of blastoff
1939
BLASTOFF Defined for English Language Learners
blastoff
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noun
Definition of blastoff for English Language Learners
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: the time when a rocket, missile, etc., begins to rise into the air
BLASTOFF Defined for Kids
blastoff
noun
blast·off
\ˈblast-ˌȯf\
Definition of blastoff for Students
: an instance of taking off (as of a rocket)
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