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Synonyms for blast
blæst, blɑstblast
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
blastverb
blastnoun
Synonyms:
breeze, efflation, explosion, blight, burst, blaze, frustration, destruction, squall, gale, tempest, hurricane, affiliationAntonyms:
zephyr, gentle breeze, neutralization
Princeton's WordNet
blastnoun
a very long fly ball
Synonyms:
attack, blow, flak, clap, fire, bang, good time, gust, bam, eruption, flackbang, 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, clackgust, blast, blownoun
a strong current of air
"the tree was bent almost double by the gust"
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nose candy, reversal, bam, snow, bump, setback, bang, flak, clap, fire, black eye, coke, reverse, attack, shock, puff, good time, blow, gust, eruption, flackblastnoun
an explosion (as of dynamite)
Synonyms:
attack, blow, flak, clap, fire, bang, good time, gust, bam, eruption, flackgood time, blastnoun
a highly pleasurable or exciting experience
"we had a good time at the party"; "celebrating after the game was a blast"
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attack, blow, flak, clap, fire, bang, good time, gust, bam, eruption, flackfire, 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 timeblast, 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, honksmash, 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, shellblast, 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, smashblastverb
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, nailblast, 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, smashblastverb
make with or as if with an explosion
"blast a tunnel through the Alps"
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shoot, crucify, shell, blare, boom, savage, knock down, pillory, smash, nailblast, shootverb
fire a shot
"the gunman blasted away"
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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, shellsavage, 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, smashblast, 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, smashblastverb
shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly
Synonyms:
shoot, crucify, shell, blare, boom, savage, knock down, pillory, smash, nail
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
blastnoun
Synonyms:
gust, squall, sudden breezeblastnoun
blastnoun
blastnoun
Synonyms:
blight, pestilential influenceblastverb
Synonyms:
blight, kill, destroy, ruin, annihilate, wither, shrivelblastverb
Synonyms:
rend by explosion
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "blast":
explosion, bombing, explodes, bomb, exploded, detonation, blowout, blasts, explosions, explode, breath, deflagration, blasting, exploding
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
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How to use blast in a sentence?
Before the blast we were so happy, all our family, relatives and friends were at the hall and we were enjoying the wedding, when the blast happened, I saw dead bodies of my relatives and friends. Eight of my close friends were killed in the blast. It was a scene I will always remember.
He that would build lastingly must lay his foundation low. The proud man, like the early shoots of a new-felled coppice, thrusts out full of sap, green in leaves, and fresh in colour, but bruises and breaks with every wind, is nipped with every little cold, and, being top-heavy, is wholly unfit for use. Whereas the humble man retains it in the root, can abide the winter?s killing blast, the ruffling concussions of the wind, and can endure far more than that which appears so flourishing.
The difference a simple crest or a wider brim can make in blast protection, shows just how important this line of research could be, with all of the modern materials and manufacturing capabilities we possess today, we should be able to make improvements in helmet design that protectfrom blast waves better than helmets today or 100 years ago.
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.
For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast,And breathed in the face of the foe as he pass'dAnd the eyes of the sleepers wax'd deadly and chill,And their hearts but once heaved, and for ever grew still
Translations for blast
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- انفجارArabic
- експлозия, духане, порив, проклинам, гърмя, взривявам, свиря силноBulgarian
- výbuchCzech
- sprængeDanish
- Windstoß, ExplosionGerman
- έκρηξηGreek
- eksplodoEsperanto
- explosiónSpanish
- laukaista, kirottua, kirota, törähtää, pahus, räjähdys, pärähdys, painaa läpi, sättiä, räjäyttää, kuihduttaa, tuulenpuuska, alkeissolu, puhahdus, jyrähtää, räjähtää, töräys, törähdys, puhallus, paahtaa, soimata, haukkua, mollata, puuska, blasti, ilmavirtaFinnish
- rafaleFrench
- blastIrish
- sgalScottish Gaelic
- robbanásHungarian
- ledakanIndonesian
- ventata, getto, folata, esplosione, citoblasto, raffica, scoppio, colpo di vento, cribbio, squilloItalian
- 疾風, 突風Japanese
- تهقینهوه, تهقانهوه, زرمهKurdish
- inspirationeLatin
- uruhangaMāori
- ontploffing, windstoot, rukwindDutch
- explosjon, sprengingNorwegian
- podmuchPolish
- explosão, ventaniaPortuguese
- vijelie, suflu, explozie, rafală (de vânt), suflareRomanian
- греметь, взорвать, грохот, грохотать, взрывать, проклинать, проклясть, порыв ветра, дутьё, взрыв, порыв, раскритиковатьRussian
- kulSwedish
- kilipuziSwahili
- குண்டு வெடிப்புTamil
- patlamaTurkish
- vụ nổVietnamese
- 爆破Chinese
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