Synonyms of blasts

blasts 1 of 2

noun

plural of blast

1

as in claps

a loud explosive sound

a sharp blast of the horn startled the other driver

Synonyms & Similar Words

• claps
• bangs
• booms
• pops
• slams
• thunderclaps
• crashes
• roars
• reports
• thwacks
• whacks
• cracks
• smashes
• knocks
• snaps
• taps
• whumps
• whomps
• clashes
• howls
• clangs
• thunks
• clanks
• whams
• blares
• raps
• outcries
• clamors
• uproars
• tumults
• clangors
• hullabaloos
• hubbubs
• hue and cries

2

as in blows

a sudden brief rush of wind

a surprise blast stole the umbrella right out of his hands

Synonyms & Similar Words

• blows
• gusts
• breezes
• tornadoes
• scuds
• flurries
• windblasts
• gales
• hurricanes
• zephyrs
• williwaws
• puffs
• wafts
• airs
• breaths
• whiffs
• currents
• windstorms
• drafts
• tempests
• squalls
• northers
• westerlies
• northeasters
• bluster
• northerlies
• southeasters
• northwesters
• southwesters

3

as in explosions

the act or an instance of exploding

the blast destroyed the building completely

Synonyms & Similar Words

• explosions
• eruptions
• detonations
• bursts
• firings
• outbursts
• blowups
• shootings
• booms
• discharges
• blowouts
• bangs
• pops
• airbursts
• flare-ups
• groundbursts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• implosions

4

as in bashes

a social gathering

a wild fraternity blast that lasted a whole weekend

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bashes
• events
• parties
• celebrations
• receptions
• blowouts
• dances
• shindigs
• balls
• functions
• fetes
• affairs
• binges
• get-togethers
• galas
• dos
• benefits
• fund-raisers
• occasions
• suppers
• proms
• showers
• orgies
• masquerades
• bakes
• formals
• tea parties
• cocktail parties
• socials
• symposia
• mixers
• soirees
• bacchanalia
• bacchanals
• house parties
• keggers
• stags
• clambakes
• teas
• klatches
• housewarmings
• salons
• icebreakers
• hen parties
• saturnalias
• meet and greets
• kaffeeklatsches

blasts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of blast

1

as in shatters

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shatters
• smashes
• demolishes
• blows
• bursts
• explodes
• pops
• destroys
• detonates
• blows up
• annihilates
• dynamites
• wrecks
• fragments
• decimates
• ruins
• discharges
• splinters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapses
• implodes

2

as in fires

to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force

artillery that could blast cannonballs from hundreds of yards

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fires
• shoots
• launches
• throws
• hurls
• discharges
• looses
• squeezes off
• projects
• flings
• tosses
• catapults
• blazes (at)
• hurtles
• casts
• lobs
• heaves
• slings
• snipes (at)
• pelts
• pitches

3

as in shoots

to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force

the recruits were all blasting away at the target range

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fires
• shoots
• discharges
• blazes
• peppers
• snipes
• plinks
• potshots

4

as in attacks

to criticize harshly and usually publicly

blasted the new governor for every little misstep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacks
• slams
• scolds
• abuses
• criticizes
• insults
• assails
• bashes
• excoriates
• jumps (on)
• savages
• curses
• lambastes
• castigates
• scathes
• trashes
• ties into
• vituperates
• belabors
• potshots
• harasses
• sails into
• berates
• reviles
• reprimands
• beats up on
• harangues
• harries
• blasphemes
• affronts
• whips
• slurs
• imprecates
• disparages
• execrates
• lights into
• belittles
• fulminates
• chides
• slanders
• rebukes
• chastises
• profanes
• vilifies
• libels
• asperses
• bad-mouths
• lashes (out)
• traduces
• laces (into)
• blackguards
• puts down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• praises
• hails
• commends
• compliments
• lauds
• acclaims

5

as in speeds

to proceed or move quickly

rowdy teenagers blasting down the road in a sports car

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speeds
• rushes
• races
• scurries
• travels
• flies
• hurries
• drives
• trots
• buzzes
• blows
• chases
• zips
• jumps
• runs
• rips
• scoots
• darts
• dashes
• scuttles
• shoots
• hurls
• tears
• whirls
• rams
• zooms
• barrels
• bowls
• jets
• blazes
• steps
• hurtles
• jogs
• rockets
• bombs
• bolts
• hustles
• breezes
• motors
• rustles
• whisks
• cracks (on)
• hastens
• bustles
• courses
• humps
• beats it
• careens
• careers
• belts
• bundles
• hies
• nips
• pelts
• steps on it
• gallops
• cannonballs
• hares
• makes tracks
• shakes a leg
• hotfoots (it)
• gets a move on
• highballs
• scampers
• flits
• whizzes
• streaks
• sprints
• accelerates
• scuds
• stampedes
• beetles
• overtakes
• scuffles
• quickens
• outruns
• outpaces
• arrows
• steps out
• outstrips
• catches up
• beelines
• fast-forwards

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pokes
• crawls
• creeps
• drags
• lags
• lingers
• hangs (around or out)
• pokes
• loiters
• dawdles
• shuffles
• strolls
• tarries
• saunters
• ambles
• dallies
• slows (down or up)
• plods
• decelerates
• lumbers
• dillydallies

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blasts

Noun

Elordi’s performance is a fine one, but any emotional current from the screen to the audience is made choppy by mawkish blasts to the past, Hig at the edge of his bed, head in hands. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 25 Aug. 2026

The money, aimed at text message blasts and phone calls to voters, marks a major investment for the group that up until now has been largely silent in this year's contests. — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

Because the materials being used are meant to withstand even nuclear blasts, there would be no way to take down or even alter the building if courts issued such an order at the end of the legal battle, according to the Justice Department. — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

In addition to Wallner now holding the individual Saints’ homer mark, now at 23 and counting, the Saints also broke their team single-season homer record with 207 blasts and counting, surpassing the 206 homers hit by the club in 2023. — Staff Report, Twin Cities, 20 Aug. 2026

Sinner, a lanky twenty-four-year-old Italian with red hair, sharp elbows, and ground strokes like shotgun blasts, had won thirty consecutive matches and was the overwhelming favorite. — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Taillon has coughed up 25 home runs in 15 starts this season, allowing five in his previous two starts, ceding at least one in 12 turns and permitting multiple blasts in eight starts. — Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Beyond both brothers hitting home runs in their second at-bats of the game, there were other striking similarities to the blasts. — Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Boston hit three home runs in four at-bats in the third inning, with Sheehan giving up blasts to Ceddanne Rafaela, Wilyer Abreu and Masataka Yoshida as the Dodgers suffered their second three-game sweep at home in less than a month. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

Verb

On a scorching August afternoon in south Texas, Bekah Hinojosa, the co-founder of the South Texas Environmental Justice Center, blasts the A/C in her car. — August 17, NPR, 17 Aug. 2026

These events occur when extremely hot underground water suddenly turns into steam, expands, and blasts apart the surrounding rock. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026

No stomping rhythms here, no shrill blasts in unison, no sweaty masculinity souring the air, no red faces. — Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026

Continue reading … POLITICS PARTY PRESSURE – Bernie Sanders demands Democrats ban super PACs from primaries, blasts AIPAC, ‘corrupt system’. — FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2026

When aimed at Earth, this solar activity blasts out particles that can disrupt satellites, power grids and other communications infrastructure. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026

Report blasts ‘economic assault’ on Black Americans Whether corporate America and major nonprofits are still willing to participate is an open question. — Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026

Strobe lights zigzag across the room and confetti rains down as Ruffin blasts a smoke cannon into the roaring crowd. — Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 27 July 2026

Such shock waves occur when a massive star’s core runs out of fuel, implodes and blasts the rest of the star to smithereens. — Damien Pine, Scientific American, 21 July 2026