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
Like any other piece of kitchenware, you’re only limited by your imagination, as most ramekins are built to withstand the rigors of an oven on full blast and the ice of a freezer.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
How to Prepare for Extended Heat Kevin Lanza, PhD, assistant professor of environmental and occupational health sciences at UTHealth Houston, urges people to have a plan ready well before the hot weather comes on full blast:
Stay informed about weather conditions.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 23 June 2025
Set on full blast, the July is quiet; gone are those old-timey window unit vibrations.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 12 May 2025
The Oscars are behind us, and the summer movie season hasn’t yet hit us full blast: Springtime is always the point at which some of the best new movies of the year start showing up.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
How to Prepare for Extended Heat Kevin Lanza, PhD, assistant professor of environmental and occupational health sciences at UTHealth Houston, urges people to have a plan ready well before the hot weather comes on full blast:
Stay informed about weather conditions.
—Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 23 June 2025
Set on full blast, the July is quiet; gone are those old-timey window unit vibrations.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 12 May 2025
The Oscars are behind us, and the summer movie season hasn’t yet hit us full blast: Springtime is always the point at which some of the best new movies of the year start showing up.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for full blast
Adverb
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LGMs use frameworks that analyze and reason across both time and space to exhaustively simulate virtually any and every event and scenario.—
John M. Bremen,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The movie’s go-to technique is exhaustively long flashbacks meant to retroactively explain connective tissue that, at the very least, ought to have been hinted at through performance.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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This is the era of all-nighters, early classes, cafeteria skin, and figuring it all out.—
Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
5 Sep. 2025
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Their getaway would also not be complete without a good meal, and the pair made sure to go all out.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Look for a safe place to pull completely off the paved portion of the roadway.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Note that full containment doesn't mean the fire is completely out.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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In extremely dense fog where visibility is near zero, the best course of action is to first turn on your hazard lights, then simply pull into a safe location such as a parking lot of a local business, and stop.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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Lisa, 28, wore a black maxi dress with cutouts, and paired the look with an extremely rare Hermès Birkin while in South Korea's capital city.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Your phone is dry and totally usable underwater, so consider leveling up your social media grid with some underwater vacation content!—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
30 Aug. 2025
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The result of all those extra hands is an album that sounds totally distinct from Carpenter’s other albums, and most other pop records released this year.—
Shaad D’Souza,
Pitchfork,
29 Aug. 2025
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