Little_Lord_Fauntleroy:
“Blast”
blast
(blɑːst , blæst )
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense blasts, present participle blasting, past tense, past participle blasted
COUNTABLE NOUN
A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb .
250 people were killed in the blast.
Synonyms: explosion , crash , burst , discharge More Synonyms of blast
VERB
If something is blasted into a particular place or state, an explosion causes it to be in that place or state. If a hole is blasted in something, it is created by an explosion.
There is a risk that toxic chemicals might be blasted into the atmosphere. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb]
…a terrible accident in which his left arm was blasted off by some kind of a bomb. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb]
Earlier two holes were blasted into the ship’s hull to let water out and stabilise the ferry. [be VERB-ed preposition/adverb]
The explosion which followed blasted out the external supporting wall of her flat. [VERB noun with adverb]
Synonyms: blow up , bomb , destroy , burst More Synonyms of blast
VERB
If workers are blasting rock, they are using explosives to make holes in it or destroy it, for example so that a road or tunnel can be built.
Their work was taken up with boring and blasting rock with gelignite. [VERB noun]
They’re using dynamite to blast away rocks to put a road in. [VERB noun with adverb]
[Also VERB]
blasting UNCOUNTABLE NOUN
Three miles away there was a salvo of blasting in the quarry.
VERB
To blast someone means to shoot them with a gun.
[journalism]
…a son who blasted his father to death after a life-time of bullying. [VERB noun + to]
He was blasted with a sawn-off shotgun in Oldham on Thursday. [be VERB-ed + with]
Synonyms: hit , kill , shoot , plug [slang] More Synonyms of blast
Blast is also a noun.
…the man who killed Nigel Davies with a shotgun blast.
VERB
If someone blasts their way somewhere , they get there by shooting at people or causing an explosion.
The police were reported to have blasted their way into the house using explosives. [VERB noun]
One armoured column attempted to blast a path through a barricade of buses and trucks. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]
VERB
If something blasts water or air somewhere, it sends out a sudden, powerful stream of it.
Blasting cold air over it makes the water evaporate.
A blizzard was blasting great drifts of snow across the lake. [VERB noun preposition/adverb]