blasted off

verb

past tense of blast off
as in took off

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blasted off
  1. took off
  2. uplifted
  3. zoomed
  4. elevated
  5. ballooned
  6. boosted
  7. topped
  8. scaled
Verb
  • The company revealed that the Bayraktar TB2 took off from the Keşan Flight Training and Test Center carrying 16 Skydagger FPV kamikaze drones and transited to the test site.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Watson ran around the building, got into a woman’s car and took off.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of took off
Verb
  • Yet all three men remain optimistic despite the odds, sure that Americans would rather feel hopeful than defeated, uplifted rather than downtrodden.
    — Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • But her undeniable popularity also uplifted national pride at a time when wounds from the 1982 Malvinas War were still fresh and the country’s return to democracy firmed its footing.
    — Richard Villegas, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of uplifted
Verb
  • The two probes — Mira satellites operated by the California startup Impulse Space — zoomed within 650 feet (200 meters) of each other in low Earth orbit (LEO) recently.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Today's 30% price cut gives homeowners, property managers, and renters a chance to secure their property with simultaneous wide-angle and zoomed-in footage without the strain of standard retail prices.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of zoomed
Verb
  • As expected, Miami elevated kicker Zane Gonzalez from the practice squad.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Wembanyama made a three-point play inside, Julian Champagnie hit a corner 3, and Wembanyama elevated to convert a pass from Stephon Castle into dunk while getting fouled.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of elevated
Verb
  • The Heat never looked back, as its lead ballooned to 25 points in the fourth quarter.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2026
  • The business began as a pandemic pop-up, which then grew into a Time Out Market stall, which then ballooned into this 8,000-square foot meat emporium in Bushwick.
    — Hilary Cadigan, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of ballooned
Verb
  • Rivian shares surged Friday after its latest results boosted optimism that the long-struggling electric-vehicle maker is headed toward better times.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The state and national websites also boosted an 11th House candidate that did not have her own dedicated site purporting to be local news.
    — Huo Jingnan, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of boosted
Verb
  • The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for nine consecutive weeks, became an instant hallmark of the mid-2000s, and cemented Ne-Yo’s brand of heartfelt autofiction.
    — Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Arsenii Dukhno of Russia, who topped qualifying, bounded out of bounds after overcooking a tumbling sequence and wound up sixth.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of topped
Verb
  • On the other side, the aim is to be certain that Sephora Collection icons are scaled in all geographic markets.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Republicans had scaled back spending in the state as Cooper maintained a polling lead heading into Election Day.
    — Justin Papp,Caleigh Keating,Garrett Downs,Kevin Breuninger,Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of scaled
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