Blast (Verb)
Meaning 1
Use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day".
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Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
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Meaning 2
Make with or as if with an explosion; "blast a tunnel through the Alps".
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
Meaning 3
Make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 4
Criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 5
Shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly.
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 6
Create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain".
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Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 7
Fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away".
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Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
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Meaning 8
Shatter as if by explosion.
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 9
Apply a draft or strong wind to to; "the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us".
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Meaning 10
Hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.