blast

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01. Three workers were killed today in an accidental [blast] at a downtown construction site.
02. The boss [blasted] him for getting drunk at lunch.
03. The [blast] from the explosion was heard three blocks away.
04. The mining company [blasted] a huge hole in the rock.
05. A shopkeeper died in hospital after being [blasted] with a shotgun by a robber last night.
06. The car radio was [blasting], and the teenagers in the car were laughing and yelling at people on the street.
07. The eruption of the volcano [blasted] a huge hole in the top of the mountain.
08. The construction crew spent all morning [blasting] holes in the rock.
09. Thomas Sackville wrote that summer's beauty yields to winter's [blast].
10. The construction crew is doing some [blasting] at the site, so don't be surprised if you hear a big boom.
11. The Japanese monster Godzilla can fly by firing a [blast] of energy from his mouth, thereby projecting himself backwards through space.
12. Over one million people live within the [blast] zone of the active volcano Sakurajima.
13. In February of 1983, a bomb [blast] outside the PLO offices in Beirut killed 22 people.
14. In October of 1983, four leading South Korean Cabinet Ministers, including the Foreign Minister, were killed in a bomb [blast] in Rangoon.
15. In December of 1993, the United States government admitted hiding 204 nuclear [blasts] at its Nevada test site.
16. Police and firemen were working to put out the fire caused by the bomb [blast] when a second explosion rocked the building.
17. The bomb [blast] shook the foundations of the government building.
18. The rocket lifted off the launching pad, and [blasted] off into space.
19. Many of the people who died in Hiroshima were killed by radiation, rather than the actual bomb [blast].
20. In the Bible, trumpet [blasts] and shouting toppled the walls of the city of Jericho.
21. "I never saw such a beautiful light in my life...then the [blast hit]." - Sister Yamanada, Hiroshima.

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  • Blast — (bl[.a]st), n. [AS. bl[=ae]st a puff of wind, a blowing; akin to Icel. bl[=a]str, OHG. bl[=a]st, and fr. a verb akin to Icel. bl[=a]sa to blow, OHG. bl[^a]san, Goth. bl[=e]san (in comp.); all prob. from the same root as E. blow. See {Blow} to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • blast — /blast / (say blahst) noun 1. a sudden blowing or gust of wind. 2. the blowing of a trumpet, whistle, etc. 3. the sound produced by this. 4. a forcible stream of air from the mouth, from bellows, or the like. 5. Metallurgy air under pressure… …  

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  • Blast — Blast, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blasting}.] 1. 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. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • blast — [blast, bläst] n. [ME < OE blæst, puff of wind < IE * bhlē , var. of base * bhel , to swell, blow up > BALL1, L flare] 1. a gust of wind; strong rush of air 2. the sound of a sudden rush of air or gas, as through a trumpet 3. a strong,… …   English World dictionary

  • Blast — bezeichnet: eine junge, nicht endgültig differenzierte Zelle, siehe Blast (Biologie) eine britische Literaturzeitschrift, siehe Blast (Zeitschrift) einen Actionfilm, siehe Blast – Dem Terror entkommt niemand BLAST steht für: Basic Local Alignment …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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