blastoff

noun

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blast·off | \ ˈblast-ˌȯf

Definition of blastoff

(Entry 1 of 2)

: a blasting off (as of a rocket)

blast off

verb

blasted off; blasting off; blasts off

Definition of blast off (Entry 2 of 2)

intransitive verb

: take off sense 1b —used especially of rocket-propelled missiles and vehicles

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Synonyms & Antonyms for blastoff

Synonyms: Noun

Antonyms: Noun

landing

Examples of blastoff in a Sentence

Noun the mission was scrubbed just minutes before blastoff

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Before Rocket’s blastoff, shares of nonbank mortgage lenders had done little to impress investors in recent months. — Orla Mccaffrey, WSJ, "Rocket Is Becoming the New Meme Stock. Move Over, GameStop.," 3 Mar. 2021 That’s an exhilarating blastoff, and even the movie’s clever title card—with its clear nods to blunt exploitation cheapies of the ’70s and ’80s—is a good kick in the pants, a promise of cathartic gratification to come. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, "Promising Young Woman," 15 Jan. 2021 At the SpaceX launch facility in Boca Chica — near the mouth of the Rio Grande — Starship SN8 stands in the coastal breeze, ready to blastoff to roughly 50,000 feet sometime soon. — Brandon Lingle, ExpressNews.com, "FAA approves SpaceX’s Starship launch to 50,000 feet," 3 Dec. 2020 Here the focus is on a single adventurer and the constellation of emotions she and her child experience in the anxious weeks before blastoff. — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, "‘Proxima’ Review: Laws of Emotion," 5 Nov. 2020 Most people watching the blastoff will be doing so virtually, as NASA has urged spectators to do. — National Geographic, "See the Full Archive," 26 May 2020 This duet with fellow all-too-knowing West Coast soul man Bobby Womack is a satisfying outlier in Withers’ career, a buddy team blastoff on the Rolling Stones hit. — Rj Smith, Los Angeles Times, "Bill Withers’ 10 greatest songs," 3 Apr. 2020 No details were provided, but the company was able to recycle for a second launch try Wednesday and this time around, the countdown ticked smoothly to blastoff. — William Harwood, CBS News, "SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches 60 more Starlink satellites, but booster landing fails," 18 Mar. 2020 Friday’s blastoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station started flawlessly as the Atlas V rocket lifted off with the Starliner just before sunrise. — Washington Post, "Boeing capsule launches to wrong orbit, skips space station," 20 Dec. 2019

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