blaster
冲击波,爆破手,枪击案,枪击事件
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Definitions
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- : a sudden and violent gust of wind: Wintry blasts chilled us to the marrow.
- : the blowing of a trumpet, whistle, etc.: One blast of the siren was enough to clear the street.
- : a loud, sudden sound or noise: The radio let out an awful blast before I could turn it off.
- : a forcible stream of air from the mouth, bellows, or the like.
- : Machinery. air forced into a furnace by a blower to increase the rate of combustion.a jet of steam directed up a smokestack, as of a steam locomotive, to increase draft.a draft thus increased.
- : a forceful or explosive throw, hit, etc.: a blast down the third-base line.
- : Slang. a party or riotously good time: Did we have a blast last night!something that gives great pleasure or enjoyment; thrill; treat: My new electronic game is a blast.
- : a vigorous outburst of criticism; attack.
- : blast wave.
- : Mining, Civil Engineering. the charge of dynamite or other explosive used at one firing in blasting operations.
- : the act of exploding; explosion: Some say the blast was in the next county.
- : any pernicious or destructive influence, especially on animals or plants; a blight.
- : the sudden death of buds, flowers, or young fruit.
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- : to make a loud noise on; blow: He blasted his horn irritably at every car in his way.
- : to cause to shrivel or wither; blight.
- : to affect with any pernicious influence; ruin; destroy: Failure in the exam blasted her hopes for college. It was an indiscretion that blasted his good reputation.
- : to break up or dislodge: Their explosives were inadequate to blast the granite.
- : to make, form, open up, etc., by blasting: to blast a tunnel through a mountain.
- : to show to be false, unreliable, etc.; discredit: His facts soundly blasted the new evidence.
- : Informal. to curse; damn: Blast it, there's the phone again! Blast the time, we've got to finish this work.
- : to censure or criticize vigorously; denounce: In his campaign speech he really blasts the other party.
- : to hit or propel with great force: He blasted a homer that tied the game. They were blasted into outer space.
- : to shoot: The terrorists blasted him down.
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- : to produce a loud, blaring sound: The trumpets blasted as the overture began. His voice blasted until the microphone was turned down.
- : to shoot: He whipped out his revolver and started blasting.
- : Slang. to take narcotics.
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- : blast off, to leave a launch pad under its own power. to travel aloft in a rocket.
Phrases
- blast off
- full blast
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Instead, her team and others are using extremely powerful lasers to re-create the physics seen in the aftermath of supernova blasts.
If you were caught upstairs or in the open during the blast, you’d probably be pierced by radioactive rays, which would cause vomiting and, two weeks later, hair loss.
Exposed to the bugaboo radiation via a gigantic alien instead of a bomb blast, Hayes expands to the kind of extreme height favored by macrophiliacs.
We ultimately decided it might be his last blast of freedom, before the walls close in again.
Fracking, short for “hydraulic fracturing,” is a drilling technique that uses high-pressure water and chemical blasts to access natural gas and oil reserves underground.
There is one relatively new innovation to the canned food market, a bit of brilliance called the Batter Blaster.
Not even Intelligence had ever been able to examine a Gern hand blaster.
He took the blaster from his belt and laid it on the ground.
A blaster beam cut into them and a Gern shouted, "The natives!"
He scooped up a blaster from beside a fallen Gern and ran toward it.
The Gern guard was already upon her, his blaster still in his hand.