blast
(noun, verb, interjection)
interjection
1. Blast it; damn it.
noun
1. a very long fly ball
Definition categories: act, fly
2. a sudden very loud noise
Similar word(s): bam, bang, clap, eruption
Definition categories: event, noise
3. a strong current of air
Definition categories: phenomenon, wind
4. an explosion (as of dynamite)
Definition categories: event, blowup, detonation, explosion
5. a highly pleasurable or exciting experience
- celebrating after the game was a blast
Definition categories: event, experience
6. intense adverse criticism
Similar word(s): attack, fire, flack, flak
Definition categories: communication, criticism
Sentences with blast as a noun:
- We had a blast at the party last night.
- an e-mail blast; a fax blast
verb
1. make a strident sound
- She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone
Similar word(s): blare
Definition categories: perception, noise, resound
2. hit hard
Similar word(s): boom, nail, smash
Definition categories: contact, hit
3. use explosives on
Similar word(s): shell
Definition categories: competition, bomb, bombard
4. apply a draft or strong wind to to
- the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us
Definition categories: motion, blow
5. create by using explosives
- blast a passage through the mountain
Similar word(s): shell
Definition categories: creation, create, make
6. make with or as if with an explosion
- blast a tunnel through the Alps
Definition categories: creation, cut
7. fire a shot
- the gunman blasted away
Similar word(s): shoot
Definition categories: competition, discharge, fire
8. criticize harshly or violently
Similar word(s): crucify, pillory, savage
Definition categories: communication, criticise, criticize, knock
9. shatter as if by explosion
Definition categories: change, dash, smash
10. shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly
Definition categories: change, shrink, shrivel, wither
Sentences with blast as a verb:
- Blast right through it.
- Blast it! Foiled again.
- Chewbacca blasted the Stormtroopers with his laser rifle.
- My manager suddenly blasted me yesterday for being a little late to work for five days in a row, because I was never getting myself up on time.
- A cold wind blasted the rose plants.
- The bud blasted in the blossom.