to blast
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5.3
- verb
- /blæst/
- Literature
:
criticar duramente
- You write an article that blasts my team publicly for doing our jobs well, and you make light of decent... -
- newspapers blast the proposal
- fans blast the coach
- blast their opponents
And Doug comes up and he just blasts everybody.
- And Doug comes up and he just blasts everybody.
- Trump usually blast the lowest hanging fruit.
- He blasted De Loya, blasted Kocho, blasted, blasted me in the end, you know, So.
- So let me get this straight, without knowing what the brand is, he blasted her and tagged her on Twitter and gatekeeped.
- You don't just blast your friend in in in all sorts of ways about everything that they're doing wrong.
- Yeah, she she went on Steve O's podcast recently and and called and said and blasted her fucking ungrateful fans.
- It's like yourself preservation and survival and your inner critic and you're like blasting whatever issue is happening.
Examples
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Publications of the Iraq-supported Libyan opposition have blasted Qadhafi but praised Saddam Hussein.
Academic text (1993) -
In the meantime, New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob Menendez blasted the president's summit performance.
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The bourgeoisie may blast and ruin its own world before it leaves the stage of history.
Academic text (2011) -
The department's bid to exempt lawyers from contract rules is blasted by states' chief justices.
Academic text (1997) -
Kirstie Alley blasts trans terms like chest feeding, calling them degrading to women.
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Earlier in the week, people blasted her for not offering a public apology on television.
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Governor Mitt Romney is blasting President Obama for what he calls the nation's spending inferno.
Synonyms
597
3.4
To strongly criticize someone or something in public
115
6.8
Publicly criticize someone or something strongly
71
5.6
Suddenly say angry things about someone by speaking or writing
70
5.8
To say very bad things about someone or something
49
4.6
To criticize someone strongly and unfairly in public
32
8.0
To criticize someone or something very harshly, often in public
31
7.7
To say in public that something is bad or wrong
29
5.8
To attack someone strongly in speech or writing
23
8.2
To say angry, insulting things about someone or something
16
6.8
To attack someone violently or criticize them very harshly
15
7.3
To severely criticize someone or something
14
8.8
To criticize or punish someone very harshly
12
8.2
To criticize someone very strongly and angrily
11
7.8
To send angry, insulting messages to someone online
10
6.9
Tear something into many pieces or say very bad things about it
9
9.8
To criticize someone or something very harshly in public
7
9.3
To criticize someone publicly to make them feel ashamed
4
7.9
Scold someone very strongly for a mistake
4
7.4
To attack someone with strong angry words
3
9.5
Say bad things about someone in public to show others what they did
3
8.8
To scold someone strongly for something they did wrong
1
8.0
To criticize someone or something very strongly in public
1
8.1
To criticize someone or something very harshly
1
6.7
To criticize someone or something strongly in public
1
9.9
Angrily criticize someone or something
1
7.5
To speak angrily and strongly to criticize someone
Attack someone with strong words in public
To say bad things about someone in public to make them feel ashamed
To criticize someone angrily using harsh words
To tell someone angrily that you do not like what they did
To attack someone with angry words
Antonyms
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
1
7.5
Damage to the body from the strong wave of air and flying debris after an explosion
- Specialized
1
8.8
A strong flow of hot gas pushed back from a fired weapon that can injure people behind it
How Harsh
Surface Forms
Etymology
To blast someone with criticism is like striking them with a violent 'blow' in words, so the verb means to attack or condemn someone publicly and strongly.