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blast

noun

1 blast

A very long fly ball.

Roget 735: adversity, evil etc. 619; failure etc. 732; bad luck, ill luck, evil luck, adverse luck, hard fortune, hard hap, hard luck, ... show more

Roget 406: snap etc. v.; rapping etc. v.; decrepitation, crepitation; report, thud; burst, explosion, blast, boom, ... show more

2 blast

A sudden very loud noise.

synonyms: bam, bang, clap, eruption.

Roget 404: loudness, power; loud noise, din; blare; clang, clangor; clatter, noise, bombilation, roar, uproar, racket, ... show more

Roget 173: violence, inclemency, vehemence, might, impetuosity; boisterousness etc. adj.; effervescence, ebullition; turbulence, bluster; uproar, callithump [U.S.], ... show more

Dutch: bons, klap, ontploffing, slag, smak, stoot

3 blast

A strong current of air.

synonyms: blow, gust.

Roget 349: wind, draught, flatus, afflatus, efflation, eluvium; air; breath, breath of air; puff, whiff, zephyr; blow, breeze, ... show more

Dutch: vlaag, windvlaag
Polish: wiew, podmuch, tchnienie, zawiew, powiew

4 blast

An explosion (as of dynamite).

Dutch: windstoot

5 blast

A highly pleasurable or exciting experience:
— Celebrating after the game was a blast.

synonym: good time.

6 blast

Intense adverse criticism.

synonyms: attack, fire, flack, flak.

Dutch: afbrekende kritiek

verb

1 blast

Make a strident sound:
— She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone.

synonym: blare.

2 blast

Hit hard.

synonyms: boom, nail, smash.

Roget 162: be destroyed &c.; perish; fall to the ground; tumble, topple; go to pieces, fall to pieces; break up; crumble to dust; go to the dogs, go to the wall, go to smash, go to shivers, ... show more

Roget 406: rap, snap, tap, knock, ping; click; clash; crack, crackle; crash; pop; slam, bang, blast, ... show more

3 blast

Use explosives on.

synonym: shell.

Roget 716: attack, assault, assail; invade; set upon, fall upon; charge, impugn, break a lance with, enter the lists.    assume the offensive, take the offensive; be the aggressor, become the aggressor; ... show more

4 blast

Apply a draft or strong wind to to.

5 blast

Create by using explosives:
— Blast a passage through the mountain.

synonym: shell.

6 blast

Make with or as if with an explosion.

7 blast

Fire a shot:
— The gunman blasted away.

synonym: shoot.

Dutch: schieten

8 blast

Criticize harshly or violently.

synonyms: crucify, pillory, savage.

Dutch: afbreken, afgeven, afkammen, afkraken, afzeiken, kraken, neerhalen, veroordelen

9 blast

Shatter as if by explosion.

synonym: knock down.

10 blast

Shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly.


Moby thesaurus: Bedlam let loose, accurse, aim at, anathematize, at full blast, attack, awake the dead, backfire, baffle, balk, bang, bark, barrage, bay, beat, bedlam, beep, bell, bellow, belt ... show more.

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