blast
blast is a 5-letter English word with 30 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as, bioblast, epiblast, mesoblast, etc. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as, bioblast, epiblast, mesoblast, etc.
- noun. A violent gust of wind.
- noun. 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.
- noun. The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.
- noun. The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath.
- noun. A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
- noun. The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose.
- noun. A flatulent disease of sheep.
- transitive verb. To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel.
- transitive verb. Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to blast pride, hopes, or character.
- transitive verb. To confound by a loud blast or din.
- transitive verb. To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.
- intransitive verb. To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom.
- intransitive verb. To blow; to blow on a trumpet.
- noun. a very long fly ball
- noun. intense adverse criticism
"Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"
"the government has come under attack"
- noun. a highly pleasurable or exciting experience
"we had a good time at the party"
"celebrating after the game was a blast"
- noun. a sudden very loud noise
- noun. an explosion (as of dynamite)
- noun. a strong current of air
"the tree was bent almost double by the gust"
- verb. shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly
- verb. shatter as if by explosion
- verb. criticize harshly or violently
"The press savaged the new President"
"The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
- verb. fire a shot
"the gunman blasted away"
- verb. use explosives on
"The enemy has been shelling us all day"
- verb. hit hard
"He smashed a 3-run homer"
- verb. make with or as if with an explosion
"blast a tunnel through the Alps"
- verb. create by using explosives
"blast a passage through the mountain"
- verb. apply a draft or strong wind to to
"the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us"
- verb. make a strident sound
"She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone"
Synonyms
attack, fire, flack, flak, bam, bang, clap, eruption, blow, gust, crucify, pillory, savage, shoot, shell, boom, nail, smash, blare
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in blast:
Common word forms
blasts, blasted, blaster, blastful, blasting, blastment
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