n. 25B6; noun
the blast from the bomb : SHOCK WAVE, pressure wave.
Friday's blast killed two people : EXPLOSION, detonation, discharge, burst.
a sudden blast of cold air : GUST, rush, gale, squall, wind, draught, waft, puff, flurry.
the shrill blast of the trumpets : BLARE, wail, roar, screech, shriek, hoot, honk, beep.
(informal) I braced myself for the inevitable blast. : See reprimand noun .
25B6; verb
bombers were blasting enemy airfields : BLOW UP, bomb, blow (to pieces), dynamite, explode.
guns were blasting away : FIRE, shoot, blaze, let fly, discharge.
he blasted his horn : HONK, beep, toot, sound.
radios blasting out pop music : BLARE, boom, roar, thunder, bellow, pump, shriek, screech.
Fowler was blasted with an air gun : SHOOT, gun down, mow down, cut down, put a bullet in; informal pot, plug.
(informal) he blasted the pupils for being late. : See reprimand verb .
25A0; blast off BE LAUNCHED, take off, lift off, leave the ground, become airborne, take to the air.