blast | English to English Dictionary

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blast

(bl/&/st )

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