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as in ripped
slang being under the influence of a recreational drug the members of the rock band were all so blasted they could barely perform

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blasted

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verb

past tense of blast
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as in shattered
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 fired
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 shot
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 blasted
Adjective
Ripley spent four movies trying to keep the blasted things off our home world, but those pesky Xenomorphs are coming planetside anyway in Alien: Earth, the new Alien TV series. Ian Stokes, Space.com, 12 Aug. 2025 Her ballerina background, however, is fairly extraneous, even with De Armas made to stare solemnly at that blasted music box during her rare moments of rest. Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2025 The watch measure 44 mm, is made from blasted titanium and features a honeycomb skeletonization of the case that reduces the weight by 50 percent, Ross told Robb Report. Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024 Second, no one is offering to rebuild the blasted towns and villages of southern Lebanon when this is over, the way the oil-rich Gulf States did after the last major war with Israel, in 2006. Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 31 Oct. 2024 When the moment of triumph finally arrived, with a blasted inside-in forehand to the postage stamp corner of the court, Djokovic, 37, crouched to his knees and immediately succumbed to the first set of tears. Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 4 Aug. 2024 As in the video game, which starts characters off in a kind of blasted heath, the surroundings are visually competent but forgettable. Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024 And of course, the blasted, decaying backdrop of the Bronx would somehow scuttle everyone’s dreams and desires. Vulture, 15 Sep. 2023
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After the Journal Sentinel report was published, Berrien blasted the reporting and stood by his campaign. Jessie Opoien, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025 The slugging, switch-hitting catcher blasted his MLB-leading 59th and 60th homers of the season on Wednesday, and now has three games remaining to try to match or surpass Aaron Judge’s AL home run record of 62. Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025 The Angels were down 5-2 when Mike Trout blasted a two-run homer in the eighth inning. Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025 Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin blasted the rising violence against ICE agents. Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025 The band’s fans gleefully push to the front of their gigs in order to get blasted with any manner of fake bodily fluids that erupt from the towering, cartoonish dummies. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2025 In a statement to ABC News Tuesday, Mattei blasted Martin over the letter describing it as the latest step in Jones' campaign of harassment targeting Aldenberg and the Sandy Hook families. Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2025 Senator Ted Cruz, a Texas Republican, blasted former Vice President Kamala Harris’ remarks about not picking former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg as her running mate in the 2024 election. Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025 At a quarter to nine, music blasted, and Alex Consani, a slim blond model known for her equine stomp, walked out of one of 30 Rock’s revolving doors. Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blasted
Adjective
  • Some accredited investors have 'no freaking clue' Even investors who already qualify as accredited could welcome, and benefit from, such a test, experts say.
    Stephanie Dhue, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Well, my freaking agent had spoiled it.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • In the footage, also obtained by PEOPLE, Tarek can be seen wearing a ripped shirt as he's questioned by an officer in a small room with his elderly dad.
    Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
  • When at ports, the crew does everything from deck tours and day sails to maintenance, such as fixing a stove, sewing a ripped sail or doing laundry.
    Natalie Davies, Freep.com, 9 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The conversation, which has been edited for length and clarity, spanned topics like the powers of drunk texting, who should really have ghostwritten Britney Spears' memoir and what Edward Cullen has under those pants.
    Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Enraged and drunk, Arthur heads to the brewery and attempts to call out his brother.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Pine, Colorado — As massive granite outcroppings dotted with evergreen trees jutted skyward from the landscape of Colorado’s Southern Rockies on a warm Tuesday morning, the serenity of bird calls and a babbling creek was shattered by a radio call from a park ranger in distress.
    Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
  • There’s really never been a performance like the one Joaquin Phoenix gives as Freddie Quell, a Navy vet who emerges from the war shattered and strange but who may have always been that way.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
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  • After five seasons in New York, Tom Thibodeau was fired by the Knicks at the start of the summer.
    Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The device sounded terrifying – an apparently new, nuclear capable IRBM, fired with multiple conventional warheads, that the Kremlin boasted could rip through European defenses.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2025
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  • At least four people were killed and eight were injured after a gunman attacked a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints service in Michigan on Sunday morning, police said.
    Joe Hernandez, NPR, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy and Odesa were also attacked, President Voloydmyr Zelenskyy said in a post to Telegram.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In that instance, offensive guard Daniel Brunskill missed on a block of Bills defensive lineman Deone Walker that sped up Tagovailoa’s throw to Jaylen Waddle, which linebacker Terrel Bernard stepped in front of, pulling down a turnover in the game’s final three minutes while Miami trailed 28-21.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Only nine of those 32 years were profitable on a division-wide basis, the two most recent being in 2016-17 and 2017-18 and coming as a result of that huge 2016-19 TV rights deal, as massive revenue increases sped past cost growth.
    Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The three cursed housemates were sent to the Exit Room, where their fate would be decided.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Twenty-five years later, the monkey begins a new killing spree forcing the estranged brothers to confront the cursed toy.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Blasted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blasted. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.

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