What is another word for blast?
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"
Synonyms:
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"
Synonyms:
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"
Synonyms:
shoot, crucify, shell, blare, boom, savage, knock down, pillory, smash, nailblast, 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, 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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At about 9.45 p.m., we went to take the elevator down, but hotel security stopped us saying there was a gang war on the ground floor. We were all quite anxious about what was going on but soon found out through the TV that it was a terror attack, a few people were calm, some had fainted or were in a state of shock under the tables. The bomb blast, the sound of gunfire and the fire engulfing the area was so shocking. All of us were in a different states of mind. I was extremely worried about my mother, my two daughters and my wife, they were all crying.
We just came out of the mosque after evening prayers, then we started hearing gunshots ... then suddenly there was the sound of a blast.
So far we know three Turkish engineers and their translator were injured. Two other police men were injured in the blast.
Everyone loved Chip Gaines. Chip Gaines was just a blast. when we were in college together, I had a little coffee house called Common Grounds.
I heard a blast and saw fire coming from Dolphin Square. I ran to the place and saw vehicles carrying bodies and wounded covered with blood. They were innocent people playing a ring game; they were not making bombs.
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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