Definition of blast

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)

  Synonym: good time
  

  Example:
  Celebrating after the game was a blast.
  

  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)

  Synonym: blare
  

  Example:
  She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone.
  

  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)

  Synonym: shoot
  

  Example:
  The gunman blasted away.
  

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• 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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