blast
b last
- n a very long fly ball
- n a sudden very loud noise
- n a strong current of air
- n an explosion (as of dynamite)
- n a highly pleasurable or exciting experience
celebrating after the game was a blast - n intense adverse criticism
- v make a strident sound
She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone - v hit hard
- v use explosives on
- v apply a draft or strong wind to to
the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us - v create by using explosives
blast a passage through the mountain - v make with or as if with an explosion
blast a tunnel through the Alps - v fire a shot
the gunman blasted away - v criticize harshly or violently
- v shatter as if by explosion
- v shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly
- The blast at the Philippines' legislature appears to have targeted a lawmaker at odds with the Islamic terror group Abu Sayyaf.
- A deadly blast in Mexico City raises fears that Mexican drug cartels are adopting the tactics of their Colombian allies.
- A deadly bomb blast in the southern Philippines' raises the question of how much the nation's splintered insurgencies might be working together.