Blast

/blɑːst/ · noun

Meaning

A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle)..

Definitions by Sense

1. A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).
2. A forcible stream of gas or liquid from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the tuyeres of a blast furnace, a person's mouth, etc.
3. A hit of a recreational drug from a pipe.
4. The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace.
5. The exhaust steam from an 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.
6. An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc.
7. A verbal attack or punishment; a severe criticism or reprimand.
8. An explosive charge for blasting.

Example Sentences

And see where surly Winter passes off, / Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts; / His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill.

Their warm, thick under covering of fine wool protects them from the coldest blasts.

Many tons of iron were melted at a blast.

Blast was produced by bellows worked by four 'blowers', three of whom worked at a time while the fourth stood ready to replace one of the others.

arc blast

Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,[…]most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.

Signalman Bridges was killed by the blast, as was fireman Nightall. Amazingly, driver Gimbert came round some 200 yards away, on the grass outside the Station Hotel where he had been flung.

My manager gave me a blast yesterday for coming in late.

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• blasts
• blasting
• blasted
• BLAST

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