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full blast

adverb

Definition of full blast

as in like crazy

with all power or resources being used the unsuspecting parents arrived home to find the stereo going full blast and the kitchen a mess

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Recent Examples of full blast Running your home's air conditioner on full blast for long periods quickly causes your energy bill to skyrocket. — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2026 The region is also unusual because its peak energy demand comes in the winter; most of the rest of California peaks in the summer, when air conditioners are on full blast. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026 The youth moment skated at full blast on the ice Tuesday night in a 4-2 win over Montreal a day after the Flyers clinched their first playoff berth since 2020 and their first home playoff series since 2018. — CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026 The data pipeline from NASA’s Artemis II mission opened to full blast a few hours after looping behind the far side of the Moon on Monday night, when the Orion spacecraft established a laser communications link with a receiving station back on Earth. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 9 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for full blast

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This became an all out crisis when almost 50,000 migrant children unexpectedly arrived in our public schools in 2023 and 2024, and many schools lacked staff who could communicate with these children.

— Lincoln Restler, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026
The two Lionels, Scaloni and Messi, being capable of containing their emotions and looking calm until the final whistle, then letting it all out.

— Phil Hay, New York Times, 16 July 2026

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Because of that commonality and because produce has been behind some past cyclospora outbreaks, Michigan officials advised consumers to buy whole heads of lettuce, discard the outer layers and thoroughly wash what is left.

— Mike Stobbe, Fortune, 15 July 2026
Health authorities have also warned against using prewashed, bagged lettuce in particular and have advised consumers to instead buy whole heads of lettuce and discard the outer two or three layers before washing what’s left thoroughly.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 15 July 2026

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