BLASTED OFF Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

blasted off

verb

past tense of blast off

as in took off

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As soon as the three planes were down, the pilots quickly pitched our gear onto the tundra and just as quickly took off.

— John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 11 Nov. 2026
Midway through Cold War Kids’ hour-long set supporting Young the Giant at the Forum in July, frontman Nathan Willett took off his guitar and sat at the piano.

— Pamela Chelin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of took off

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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

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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

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The most historic victories have come at Viejas Arena as Fisher and Dutcher elevated the program to national relevance, but many of its greatest individual moments were at 3500 Sports Arena Blvd.

— Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026
Expectations were elevated into the print, thanks to Cardinal shares closing Wednesday at a record high and its two main rivals, Cencora and McKesson , reporting better-than-expected results within the past 24 hours.

— Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of elevated

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Already, the billionaire venture capitalist Joe Lacob’s investment of $50 million to buy the rights to a Bay Area expansion team has ballooned to a $1 billion valuation, a record for a women’s sports team.

— Lauren Segal, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2026
For fiscal year 2026, the budget deficit ballooned to nearly $2 trillion, the Treasury announced in October.

— Greg Iacurci,Annie Nova,Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,Sarah Agostino,Mike Winters, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of ballooned

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Bone loading boosted its circulating levels, while injections of the protein reduced several signs of aging and improved cognitive and physical performance in older mice.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
Beyond North Carolina, these issues boosted Democrats in races nationwide where they were heavily outraised by their Republican opponents.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of boosted

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Each cookie is aptly named with a phrase or word that’s related to baseball, like the sluggers sourdough, a version of a chocolate chip cookie that Amber makes with sourdough and brown butter and is topped with flaky sea salt.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 7 Nov. 2026
Alex Rounaghi, Sue Kempf and Mark Orgill topped the nine-candidate field from the close of polls on Tuesday and, as of Friday’s update on ballot counting in the county remain in the lead.

— Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of topped

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The giant handheld plays real Game Boy games, thanks to a pixel-perfect display scaled up from the original and software written from scratch.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 11 Nov. 2026
In addition, modular designs allow fuel cells to be scaled to provide much larger quantities of power — one of the principal demands of data centers.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026

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