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to blast

to blast

45 3.5
To hit or shoot something with great force
  • verb
  • /blæst/
translation icon : golpear con fuerza
  • The car hydroplaned over dips filled with rainwater, blasting muddy showers over the hood.

And if you whiff your coin, I'm going to blast you.

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Examples

  • Running parallel, Archer and Castor blast at each other at point-blank range.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • You two, blast some robots.

  • Way to blast out of the bunker, huh?

  • I saw you blast Faraday right off the court in South Orange last season.

  • Rita and Zedd chase Mordant and Goldar around the palace, blasting them with their staffs.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • In the championship game, she managed to blast the ball straight into the goal from thirty yards away.

  • He took a deep breath before he blasted the tennis ball over the net for a winning point.

  • With a powerful swing, he blasted the puck into the top corner of the net, scoring the first goal of the match.

Synonyms

to slam
vsto blast
323 2.3

To close or hit something with great force and make a loud noise

is used for forceful sports actions not necessarily loud or closing
to shoot
vsto blast
299 1.3

To try to score by sending a ball toward the goal

is the general word for forceful contact or propulsion in sports
to bash
vsto blast
  • NSFW
73 2.9

To hit someone or something very hard

emphasizes propelling or firing actions in sports, not just hitting
to shot
vsto blast
73 1.9

To fire a gun or hit something with a bullet

is used for forceful sports actions rather than weapon firing
to hurl
vsto blast
53 3.6

To throw something very hard

is often used for force in sports as well as throwing or propelling
to smash
vsto blast
50 3.3

To hit something with great force, often in sport

focuses on forceful action or propulsion rather than breaking result
to nail
vsto blast
39 4.3

To hit something with great force, often in sport

includes propelling actions as well as striking in sports
to drive
vsto blast
36 3.5

To hit a ball hard to make it go far

is about forceful actions broadly, not only ball strikes
to catapult
vsto blast
28 5.1

To throw or send something suddenly with great force

is about sports forceful actions, not sudden mechanical launches
to dash
vsto blast
7 1.8

To break something violently into pieces

focuses on forceful propulsion or striking, not on causing breakage
to loft
vsto blast
5 4.8

To hit or throw something high into the air

emphasizes great force generally, not specifically high trajectory
to hurtle
vsto blast
5 7.0

To throw something with great force and speed

is similar but focuses on force rather than speed
to let fly
vsto blast
3 5.8

Send something suddenly and forcefully, like a rock or angry words

is focused on physical force in sports rather than words or speech
to let drive
vsto blast
  • Archaic
8.2

To shoot something from a gun or bow

applies more to sports propulsion and striking than weapon use
to whammo
vsto blast
  • Informal
9.9

To hit something suddenly with great force

is more neutral for sports force rather than dramatic or comic impact

Antonyms

73 3.1

A failure to hit or reach a target

Idioms

to have a blast
  • Informal
41 5.2

To enjoy yourself a lot

full blast
  • Informal
8 4.1

At maximum loudness or power

with a blast
  • Informal
1 5.9

In a very lively and excited way often to celebrate

Phrasal Verbs

10 4.1

To send a rocket up into the sky or space

to put on blast
  • Offensive
3 9.5

Say bad things about someone in public to show others what they did

Compounds

9 2.5

A sudden explosion from a bomb

blast furnace
  • Specialized
3 5.6

A large furnace that makes iron from ore using hot air

blast wave
  • Specialized
3 7.2

A moving area of very high pressure in air after an explosion

blast trauma
  • Specialized
1 7.5

Damage to the body from the strong wave of air and flying debris after an explosion

back-blast
  • Specialized
1 8.8

A strong flow of hot gas pushed back from a fired weapon that can injure people behind it

ass-blast
  • NSFW
9.9

A very wild and fun time full of excitement

solo blast
  • Jargon
6.4

A home run with no other players on base that scores one run

How Forceful

smash
5.0
to hammer
198 1.6
to blast
45 3.5
to hit
1.0
to tap
174 1.0

Surface Forms

blast infinitive
blasted past
blasted past participle
blasting present participle
blasts third person singular

Etymology

To blast in sports, meaning to hit or shoot with great force, comes from the sense of giving a powerful 'blow', so to blast the ball is to hit it very hard.