Blast

Noun

 * 1) A violent gust of wind.
 * 2) A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.
 * 3) An explosion.
 * 4) A loud, sudden sound.
 * 5)  A good time; an enjoyable moment.
 * 6)  An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).

Verb

 * 1)  To make a loud noise.
 * 2)  To shatter, as if by an explosion.
 * 3)  To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
 * 4)  To curse; to damn.
 * 5)   To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).
 * 6)  To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
 * 7) To return extra salvage to another location.
 * 8) To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.

Interjection

 * 1) Blast it; damn it.

Adjectives for Blast
overwhelming; vigorous; short; fierce; furious; golden; hoarse; challenging; unbroken; scorching;  stentorian;  summoning; shrill; chilling; stinging; icy; polar; startling; passing; careening; suffocating; howling; putrid; eddying; tremulous; stirring; modulated; bitter; spasmodic; heated; bleak; fearful; wintry; pitiless; furnace-like; roaring; infernal; scornful; woeful; cutting; unruly; nightly; parching; wailing; foul; stormy; raging.

Verbs for Blast
blow—; loose—; prepare for—; set off—; shiver in—; shrink from—; spit out—; time —; unloose—; —bites; —bolts; —decapitates; —displaces; —envelops; —frees; forces; —raves; —rends; —resounds; — rises ; —roars ; —rocks ; —shakes ; —shatters; —shocks; —startles; —unearths; —uproots ; —vibrates ; —withers.

Adverbs for Blast
terrifically; overwhelmingly;  vigorously; suffocatingly; thunderously; stunningly; tremendously; dynamically.

Thesaurus
accurse, aim at, anathematize, at full blast, attack, awake the dead, backfire, baffle, balk, bang, bark, barrage, bay, beat, bedlam, beep, bell, bellow, belt, blare, blaspheme, blast, blast the ear, blast-freeze, blat, blight, blitz, blot out, blow, blow a hurricane, blow great guns, blow out, blow over, blow the horn, blow to pieces, blow up, blowout, blowup, bluster, bobbery, bomb, bombard, boom, brave, brawl, bray, breeze, breeze up, brew, brouhaha, bugle, bump off, burst, bust, cancer, canker, cannon, cannonade, challenge, charge, charivari, checkmate, chirm, circumvent, clamor, clangor, clap, clarion, clatter, clobber, come up, commence firing, commotion, completely, confound, confront, congeal, contravene, counter, counteract, countermand, counterwork, crack, crash, crescendo, criticize, croak, cross, curse, damage, damn, darn, dash, deafen, defame, defeat, defy, demolish, denounce, destroy, detonate, detonation, devastate, din, discharge, discomfit, disconcert, discord, discountenance, discredit, dish, disrupt, do in, donnybrook, drub, drunken brawl, dry rot, dust, dustup, dynamite, elude, enfilade, entirely, erase, eruption, excommunicate, execrate, explode, explosion, fanfare, fill the air, fire, fire a volley, fire at, fire upon, fix, flap, flare, flash, flaw, flourish of trumpets, flummox, flurry, foil, fracas, free-for-all, freeze, freeze solid, freshen, frustrate, fulguration, fully, fulminate, fulminate against, fulmination, fungus, fusillade, gale, gather, get, give the business, glaciate, glacify, go off, gun down, gunshot, gust, hell broke loose, hex, hit, honk, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, huff, hullabaloo, ice, imprecate, injure, jangle, knock the chocks, lambaste, larrup, lay out, lay waste, let off, lick, load, loud noise, maximally, mildew, mine, mold, mortar, moth, moth and rust, must, nip, noise, noise and shouting, nonplus, off, open fire, open up on, outcry, overwhelm, pandemonium, payload, peal, pepper, perplex, pest, pipe, pipe up, polish off, pop, pop at, puff, quick-freeze, racket, rage, rake, rattle, rattle the windows, refreeze, regelate, rend the air, rend the ears, report, resound, rhubarb, ring, rise, roar, rock the sky, rot, row, rub out, ruckus, ruction, ruin, rumble, rumpus, rust, sabotage, salvo, scotch, scud, set in, set off, settle, shatter, shell, shellac, shindy, shivaree, shoot, shoot at, shot, shriek, shrivel, slam, slug, smash, smut, snipe, snipe at, sound, sound a tattoo, sound taps, spike, split the eardrums, split the ears, spoil, spring, squall, squeal, startle the echoes, stonewall, storm, strafe, stump, stun, stunt, surge, swell, take aim at, take care of, tantara, tantarara, taps, tarantara, tattoo, thoroughly, throw a whammy, thunder, thunder against, thunderclap, thwart, tintamarre, toot, tootle, torpedo, touch off, trumpet, trumpet blast, trumpet call, tumult, tweedle, uproar, upset, volley, waft, wallop, warhead, waste, wham, whiff, whiffle, whistle, wind, wind gust, wipe out, wither, worm, wreck, zap, zero in on

Derived terms

 * blaster
 * ghetto blaster, ghettoblaster
 * sandblast
 * blast cell
 * blastocyte
 * blastoma

Pronunciation

 * ,, {{SAMPA|/bl{st/}}
 * ,, {{SAMPA|/bl{st/}}

Etymology

 * 1) From  blast from  blæst:. More at blow.
 * 2) From  βλαστός:.