Antonyms for blast
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : blast, blahst |
| Phonetic Transcription : blæst, blɑst |
Definition of blast
Origin :- Old English blæst "blowing, breeze, puff of wind," from Proto-Germanic *bles- (cf. Old Norse blastr, Old High German blast "a blowing, blast," German blasen, Gothic blesan "to blow"), from PIE *bhle- "to blow," probably a variant of root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (see bole).
- Meaning "explosion" is from 1630s; that of "noisy party, good time" is from 1953, American English slang. Sense of "strong current of air for iron-smelting" (1690s) led to blast furnace and transferred sense in full blast "the extreme" (1839). Blast was the usual word for "a smoke of tobacco" c.1600.
- noun loud sound; make loud sound
- noun explosion
- noun gust of wind
- noun fun time
- verb explode
- verb lambaste; defeat mentally
- In despair he looked at her as she flew along, as if carried away by the blast.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- Then we went back to the smithy to wait the result of the blast.
- Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
- Suddenly he heard the blast of a horn close by, then the baying of hounds.
- Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
- Virile nations are not made by theories or by the blast of the trumpet.
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- With song and halloo and blast of horns, they swept away into the forest.
- Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
- To condemn the past is in the same breath to blast the future.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
- It was as if a cold wind, a blast from the charnel-house, had swept through the car.
- Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
- The plane lurched and reeled as the blast of the explosion reached it.
- Extract from : « The Solar Magnet » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
- Twisted around by the blast, Jon fell helplessly to the floor.
- Extract from : « The Velvet Glove » by Harry Harrison
- Why, blast their miserable, stingy—What do they take me for?
- Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
Synonyms for blast
- amusement
- annihilate
- attack
- bang
- bash
- beat
- blare
- blight
- blow
- blow out
- blow up
- blow-up
- bomb
- break up
- burst
- castigate
- clang
- clap
- clobber
- crack
- crash
- criticize
- damage
- dash
- demolish
- destroy
- detonate
- detonation
- din
- discharge
- draft
- drub
- dynamite
- eruption
- excitement
- flay
- gale
- good time
- great time
- honk
- injure
- kill
- lash out at
- lick
- outbreak
- outburst
- party
- peal
- rail at
- riot
- roar
- ruin
- salvo
- scream
- shatter
- shellac
- shrivel
- slam
- smash
- spoil
- squall
- storm
- strong breeze
- stunt
- tempest
- toot
- torpedo
- trumpet
- volley
- wail
- wham
- whip
- wither
- wreck
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