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
  • Throughout Friday, choppers took off and landing constantly from the Trishuli barracks.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Navarrete, whose biceps are adorned with a tattoo of her mother and one of the Virgen de Guadalupe as a Zapatista rebel, took off her fuchsia blazer to freshen up for a court hearing in Santa Ana.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of took off
Verb
  • Eight weeks after the fire, Chambers' apartment is still in disarray, but her spirit has been uplifted by Evans.
    — Naveen Dhaliwal, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • At first spritz, you’re instantly enchanted and uplifted by sparkling, tart notes of pomelo and yuzu.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of uplifted
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  • As with its Gaspra flyby, the probe zoomed by to continue its trip to Jupiter.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The weather helped, and the visuals were indeed stunning as the cars zoomed past monuments and museums.
    — Dan Shanoff, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of zoomed
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  • What remains disputed is whether those beliefs motivated the Tate-LaBianca murders or whether, as Berlinger argues, prosecutors elevated them into the central theory of their case.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • This El Niño event has taken hold at a time when sea surface temperatures in the Pacific were already significantly elevated.
    — Denise Chow, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of elevated
Verb
  • But waitlists have ballooned since 2023, when eight states had them, according to the AP analysis.
    — Moriah Balingit, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The vast Pacific Ocean, with its remote and often sparsely populated island states, has ballooned in geopolitical importance over the past decade.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of ballooned
Verb
  • Net profits tallied $183 million, boosted by more than $140 million in tariff refunds.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Sami boosted the event-ticket side of his business by personally picking up tickets for customers.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of boosted
Verb
  • Orlando topped the list, followed by Miami and then Tampa after considering 45 key measures, from the cost of living and tax laws to the availability of activities and the quality of health care.
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The production and new orders readings for the electronic machinery and equipment, computer communication devices sectors topped 53, while consumer goods production lagged at 49.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of topped
Verb
  • When scaled across hundreds of millions of users, those fractions add up to massive daily expenditures.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
  • In August 2025, Health and Human Services also scaled down the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, known as FoodNet, which tracks food poisoning cases, slashing mandatory surveillance of six major germs, including cyclospora.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of scaled
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“Blasted off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blasted%20off. Accessed 7 Sep. 2026.

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