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blast

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of BLAST

1
to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive <the highway engineers will have to blast that hill in order to put a road through here>
Near Antonyms collapse, implode
2
to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force <artillery that could blast cannonballs from hundreds of yards>
Related Words launch, project; blaze (at), snipe (at); cast, catapult, fling, heave, hurl, hurtle, lob, pelt, pitch, sling, throw, toss
3
to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force <the recruits were all blasting away at the target range>
Synonyms blast, discharge, fire
Related Words blaze, pepper; plink, potshot, snipe
4
to criticize harshly and usually publicly <blasted the new governor for every little misstep>
5
to proceed or move quickly <rowdy teenagers blasting down the road in a sports car>
Near Antonyms dally, dawdle, dillydally, drag, hang (around or out), lag, linger, loiter, poke, tarry; amble, lumber, plod, saunter, shuffle, stroll; decelerate, slow (down or up)
Antonyms crawl, creep, poke

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