blastoffs

plural of blastoff
as in launches
a rising from a surface at the start of a flight (as of a rocket) the mission was scrubbed just minutes before blastoff

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launches
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  • The move came a few months after the Federal Aviation Administration, which licenses commercial rocket launches, approved in May for SpaceX to conduct as many as 25 Starship test flights a year.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Valuations, dashboards, and product launches are chandeliers.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
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“Blastoffs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blastoffs. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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