Synonyms for blast
blæst, blɑstblast

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1. blastverb

   Synonyms:
   blight, shrivel, destroy, wither

   Antonyms:
   restore, expand, swell

2. blastnoun

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

   Antonyms:
   zephyr, gentle breeze, neutralization

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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

Matched Categories

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

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1. blastnoun

   Synonyms:
   gust, squall, sudden breeze

2. blastnoun

   Synonyms:
   peal, blare, clang

3. blastnoun

   Synonyms:
   explosion, outbreak, burst, discharge

4. blastnoun

   Synonyms:
   blight, pestilential influence

5. blastverb

   Synonyms:
   blight, kill, destroy, ruin, annihilate, wither, shrivel

6. blastverb

   Synonyms:
   rend by explosion

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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. List of paraphrases for "blast":

   explosion, bombing, explodes, bomb, exploded, detonation, blowout, blasts, explosions, explode, breath, deflagration, blasting, exploding

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1. Basir Jan:

   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.

2. Feltham:

   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.

3. Joost Op t Eynde:

   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.

4. 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.

5. George Gordon Byron:

   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