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

Similar word(s): blow, gust

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.