to blast
3
8.6
- verb
- /blæst/
- Specialized
:
marchitar
- -It never gets dark in this blasted place.
- blasted buds
- sun-blasted
- wind-blasted
Examples
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Hole after hole dug in this blasted desert.
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Otherwise, it's just a sun-blasted place with poisonous creatures crawling about and funny-looking cacti dotting the hillsides.
Academic text (2011) -
The mission of these men is to move as quickly as possible into the blasted area and exploit the breach in the enemy lines.
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Fields of barren ground, dark blasted hills, ice along the edges.
Fiction book (1998) -
I climb out of the van and stand, looking at acres of elephant grass blasted by the tropical sun.
Fiction book (2000) -
And we found ourselves in this charred prairie, desolate, sun-blasted, you know.
Fiction book (2002) -
Wesley and O'Connor came about ten o'clock, crunching through the dry grass, shattered leaves, and blasted milkweed pods to the level spot where she lay.
Fiction book (1999) -
If the weather is too dry, the flowers may blast and fail to bloom properly.
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The drought caused many plants to blast instead of growing healthy and strong.
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Several crops began to blast due to the lack of rain and poor soil conditions.
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 Damaged
Surface Forms
Etymology
A helpful way to remember blast for plants shrivelling is to think of a sudden cold or hot 'blast' of weather or disease that damages the plant and makes it turn brown or die.