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1. A strong current of air
   "the tree was bent almost double by the blast";
   - gust, blow
    
2. A sudden very loud noise
   - bang, clap, eruption, bam
    
3. An explosion (as of dynamite)
    
4. A highly pleasurable or exciting experience
   "celebrating after the game was a blast";
   - good time, crack [Ireland], craic [Ireland]
    
5. Intense adverse criticism
   "he published an unexpected blast on my work";
   - fire, attack, flak, flack

1. Make a strident sound
   "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone";
   - blare
    
2. Hit hard
   "He blasted a 3-run homer";
   - smash, nail, boom
    
3. Use explosives on
   "The enemy has been blasting us all day";
   - shell
    
4. Blow a strong draft or wind
   "the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us"
    
5. Create by using explosives
   "blast a passage through the mountain";
   - shell
    
6. Make with or as if with an explosion
   "blast a tunnel through the Alps"
    
7. Fire a shot
   "the gunman blasted away";
   - shoot
    
8. Criticize harshly or violently
   "The press blasted the new President";
   - savage, pillory, crucify
    
9. Shatter as if by explosion
   - knock down
    
10. Shrivel, wither or mature imperfectly

1. Exclamation of annoyance
   - bother [Brit], botheration, bummer, curses, dang [N. Amer], damn, damnation, dammit, damn it, darn, dash [Brit], durn [US, dialect], drat, hang

Derived forms: blasted, blasts, blasting

Type of: air current, blow, blowup, bomb, bombard, create, criticise [Brit], criticism, criticize, current of air, cut, damn, dash, detonation, discharge, experience, explosion, fire, hit, knock, make, make noise, noise, pick apart, resound, shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, smash, unfavorable judgment [US], unfavourable judgment [Brit, Cdn], wind, wither

Encyclopedia: Blast