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verb

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as in to smash
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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as in to fire
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 to shoot
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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Recent Examples of blast
Noun
With a loud blast of her horn MS Ambience pulls slowly out into the flow of the estuary in a cold winter rain. David Greig september 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025 In addition to Rosario’s blast, Aaron Judge hit a solo home run in the top of the fifth for his 48th homer of the season, which was also the 10th allowed by Crochet over his last seven starts. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
The tweak was intended to further incentivise kicking the ball into the field of play (thus making the kickoff a greater part of the game) rather than blasting it out of the back of the end zone and accepting a touchback. Mike Jones, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2025 Gen Z’ers on TikTok have been blasting long almond nails and endorsing short, square nails for their clean minimalist feel. Grace McCarty, Glamour, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for blast
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Noun
  • The model posed for the cameras on the red carpet before the show with uneven forehead bangs and choppy layers framing her face.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Looking for more bang for your buck?
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Eagles’ defense forced an interception on the next series before another Central turnover led to the knockout blow.
    Matt Roy, Boston Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Many buyers aren’t likely to immediately face that price tag since carriers typically offer trade-in deals and payment plans to soften the blow.
    Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Fighting altitude sickness, sunburn, rain and hail, Cai and his fireworks team spent more than a week setting up the explosion trails — aided by drones that ran uphill 600-plus times, waterproof firework pots were placed at various points along the 3,000-meter pathway.
    Denni Hu, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Instead of directly producing explosions by melting shallow permafrost, a warming environment means lakes and thawed zones become more common and frozen ground along fault lines becomes weaker.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The new smart glasses are a bridge between the company's audio-only Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and the experimental Orion augmented reality glasses that the company revealed at last year's Connect event.
    Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 18 Sep. 2025
  • In the wake of Kirk’s shooting, both Democrats and Republicans have expressed concerns about holding outdoor events.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As the first half drew to a close, Calvert-Lewin towered above Kenny Tete to nod a ball down that Sean Longstaff would eventually smash off the crossbar.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • In the worst-case scenario, a collision could smash a satellite into many more pieces of space debris, which each then go on to collide with more satellites, which produces more chunks of space junk, and so on and so forth.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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  • In a series of posts on X, Steak ‘n Shake’s official account issued calls for Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Felss Masino to be fired.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Dell’s downward-firing speakers, positioned underneath each side of the chassis, project decent sound quality if the laptop rests on a solid surface, not your lap.
    Charles Jefferies, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Two other adults were shot and wounded, the statement said.
    Jack Moore, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Robin Westman, who was transgender, shot and killed two children and injured many others at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis during Mass last month.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In a new warning, a senior Iranian army official said Tehran was ready to broaden its military reach beyond conventional strikes if attacked.
    Amira El-Fekki‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Taylor fills the bootstraps of Perfidia Beverly Hills, a formidable leader armed with a rifle fighting for the cause, her main prerogative is to overtake the institutions that imprison and attack vulnerable groups.
    Essence, Essence, 18 Sep. 2025

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“Blast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blast. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.

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