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blast
(bl/&/st )

noun (n)

  • a very long fly ball(noun.act)
    source: wordnet30
  • a sudden very loud noise(noun.event)
    Synonym:
    bam, bang, clap, eruption
    source: wordnet30
  • a strong current of air(noun.phenomenon)
    Synonym:
    blow, gust
    source: wordnet30
  • an explosion (as of dynamite)(noun.event)
    source: wordnet30
  • a highly pleasurable or exciting experience(noun.event)
    Example:
    Celebrating after the game was a blast.
    Synonym:
    good time
    source: wordnet30
  • intense adverse criticism(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    attack, fire, flack, flak
    source: wordnet30
  • A violent gust of wind.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • make a strident sound(verb.perception)
    Example:
    She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone.
    Synonym:
    blare
    source: wordnet30
  • hit hard(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    bash, bonk, boom, bop, nail, smash, sock, wallop, whack, wham, whap, whop, whop
    source: wordnet30
  • use explosives on(verb.competition)
    Synonym:
    shell
    source: wordnet30
  • apply a draft or strong wind to to(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The air conditioning was blasting cold air at us.
    source: wordnet30
  • create by using explosives(verb.creation)
    Example:
    Blast a passage through the mountain.
    source: wordnet30
  • make with or as if with an explosion(verb.creation)
    Example:
    Blast a tunnel through the Alps.
    source: wordnet30
  • fire a shot(verb.competition)
    Example:
    The gunman blasted away.
    Synonym:
    shoot
    source: wordnet30
  • criticize harshly or violently(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    crucify, pillory, savage
    source: wordnet30
  • shatter as if by explosion(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    knock down
    source: wordnet30
  • shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly(verb.change)
    source: wordnet30
  • To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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