Antonyms for blast
blæst, blɑstblast

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1. blastverb

   Antonyms:
   restore, expand, swell

   Synonyms:
   blight, shrivel, destroy, wither

2. blastnoun

   Antonyms:
   zephyr, gentle breeze, neutralization

   Synonyms:
   breeze, efflation, explosion, blight, burst, blaze, frustration, destruction, squall, gale, tempest, hurricane, affiliation

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1. • Baseball
   • Blow
   • Bombard
   • Create
   • Criticize
   • Cut
   • Experience
   • Explosion
   • Fire
   • Fly
   • Make Noise
   • Shrivel
   • Smash
   • Wind

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1. blastnoun

   a very long fly ball

   Synonyms:
   attack, blow, flak, clap, fire, bang, good time, gust, bam, eruption, flack

2. bang, clap, eruption, blast, bamnoun

   a sudden very loud noise

   Synonyms:
   flak, hit, belt, gonorrhoea, fringe, smash, blow, knock, bam, volcanic eruption, fire, clap, strike, eruption, boot, attack, gonorrhea, smasher, outbreak, thrill, gust, charge, flack, flush, bang, bash, extravasation, rush, eructation, kick, irruption, good time, clack

3. gust, blast, blownoun

   a strong current of air

   "the tree was bent almost double by the gust"

   Synonyms:
   nose candy, reversal, bam, snow, bump, setback, bang, flak, clap, fire, black eye, coke, reverse, attack, shock, puff, good time, blow, gust, eruption, flack

4. blastnoun

   an explosion (as of dynamite)

   Synonyms:
   attack, blow, flak, clap, fire, bang, good time, gust, bam, eruption, flack

5. good time, blastnoun

   a highly pleasurable or exciting experience

   "we had a good time at the party"; "celebrating after the game was a blast"

   Synonyms:
   attack, blow, flak, clap, fire, bang, good time, gust, bam, eruption, flack

6. fire, attack, flak, flack, blastverb

   intense adverse criticism

   "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"

   Synonyms:
   ardour, antiaircraft gun, flaming, fervour, ardor, flak, tone-beginning, antiaircraft, onslaught, attempt, blow, fervidness, flak catcher, bam, onset, flack catcher, flack, clap, flame, ack-ack gun, eruption, attack, fire, gust, ack-ack, approach, firing, onrush, fervency, bang, fervor, pom-pom, plan of attack, good time

7. blast, blareverb

   make a strident sound

   "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone"

   Synonyms:
   shoot, beep, toot, crucify, shell, blare, boom, savage, knock down, claxon, pillory, smash, nail, honk

8. smash, nail, boom, blastverb

   hit hard

   "He smashed a 3-run homer"

   Synonyms:
   boom out, cop, shoot, crush, bankrupt, complete, thunder, nail, nail down, pass with flying colors, smash, arrest, bang up, nab, din, smash up, ruin, boom, demolish, pillory, break, breeze through, ace, blare, sweep through, sail through, pinpoint, collar, apprehend, savage, peg, thrive, pick up, expand, flourish, crucify, dash, knock down, shell

9. blast, shellverb

   use explosives on

   "The enemy has been shelling us all day"

   Synonyms:
   vanquish, shoot, knock down, beat, crush, crucify, blare, pillory, husk, nail, savage, trounce, boom, beat out, shell, smash

10. blastverb

    apply a draft or strong wind to to

    "the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us"

    Synonyms:
    shoot, crucify, shell, blare, boom, savage, knock down, pillory, smash, nail

11. blast, shellverb

    create by using explosives

    "blast a passage through the mountain"

    Synonyms:
    vanquish, shoot, knock down, beat, crush, crucify, blare, pillory, husk, nail, savage, trounce, boom, beat out, shell, smash

12. blastverb

    make with or as if with an explosion

    "blast a tunnel through the Alps"

    Synonyms:
    shoot, crucify, shell, blare, boom, savage, knock down, pillory, smash, nail

13. blast, shootverb

    fire a shot

    "the gunman blasted away"

    Synonyms:
    shoot, scud, germinate, blare, sprout, hit, nail, film, smash, crucify, take, pullulate, fool, bourgeon, boom, pillory, scoot, fool away, fritter, dissipate, dart, frivol away, burgeon forth, fritter away, charge, inject, savage, shoot down, buck, snap, photograph, dash, knock down, flash, pip, spud, tear, shell

14. savage, blast, pillory, crucifyverb

    criticize harshly or violently

    "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

    Synonyms:
    crucify, dun, savage, bedevil, subdue, gibbet, shoot, blare, pillory, nail, mortify, rag, boom, knock down, frustrate, shell, torment, smash

15. blast, knock downverb

    shatter as if by explosion

    Synonyms:
    crucify, coldcock, knock down, dump, deck, down, cut down, blare, pillory, push down, pull down, nail, savage, shoot, floor, boom, shell, smash

16. blastverb

    shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly

    Synonyms:
    shoot, crucify, shell, blare, boom, savage, knock down, pillory, smash, nail

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1. blastnoun

   Synonyms:
   squall, gust, peal, blare, clang, explosion, discharge

2. blastverb

   Synonyms:
   blight, destroy, frustrate, ruin, explode, rend, open

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1. BLAST

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How to use blast in a sentence?

1. Inspector Mewa Lal Gaur:

   When the first blast took place in the gas cylinder many people collected there to watch and see what had happened. Then there was a secondary blast.

2. Endoro New-world , a local:

   At sunrise, a group from the community in company of the SPDC surveillance team was able to locate the site of the blast.

3. Tim Malloy:

   Like a freight train barreling through signals with his horn on full blast, Trump heads down the track towards a possible nomination.

4. Mohamed Yassin:

   That particular passenger( who was behind the blast) boarded the aircraft on a Turkish Airlines boarding pass and was on the list for the Turkish Airlines manifest.

5. Sara Spada:

   They had a blast. They’re beautiful inside and out.

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