American English pronunciation
How to pronounce blast
IPA transcription: [b'læst]
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Noun
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a sudden very loud noise
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a strong current of air
“the tree was bent almost double by the gust”
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a very long fly ball
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intense adverse criticism
“Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party”
“the government has come under attack”
“don't give me any flak”
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an explosion (as of dynamite)
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a highly pleasurable or exciting experience
“we had a good time at the party”
“celebrating after the game was a blast”
Verb
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fire a shot
“the gunman blasted away”
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hit hard
“He smashed a 3-run homer”
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make a strident sound
“She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone”
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use explosives on
“The enemy has been shelling us all day”
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apply a draft or strong wind to to
“the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us”
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create by using explosives
“blast a passage through the mountain”
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make with or as if with an explosion
“blast a tunnel through the Alps”
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criticize harshly or violently
“The press savaged the new President”
“The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage”
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shatter as if by explosion
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shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly
Usage examples
- He previously worked at the Prosecutor's Office of Kostroma Oblast.
- This creates a healthy environment with myofibroblasts and extracellular matrix.
- White, four other officers, and twenty-two enlisted men were also wounded in the blast.
- But when the flames blasted out again, the object rose about the same distance.
- The snow blasted along the side of the bridge.
- Al-Qaeda was blamed for the blast.
- After he realizes the deception, she hits him with an energy blast.
- Three soldiers and two foreign reporters were killed in the blast.
- Blastula cell implantation could potentially serve to eliminate infertility.
- Pervushin was born in Perm Oblast, a district in the southeast of European Russia.