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2 VERB If something is blasted into a particular place or state, an explosion causes it to be in that place or state. If a hole is blasted in something, it is created by an explosion. □ [be V -ed prep/adv] …a terrible accident in which his left arm was blasted off by some kind of a bomb. □ [V n with adv] The explosion which followed blasted out the external supporting wall of her flat. [Also V n adj, V n prep]

3 VERB If workers are blasting rock, they are using explosives to make holes in it or destroy it, for example so that a road or tunnel can be built. □ [V n] Their work was taken up with boring and blasting rock with gelignite. □ [V n with adv] They're using dynamite to blast away rocks to put a road in. [Also V ] ●  blast|ing N‑UNCOUNT □  Three miles away there was a salvo of blasting in the quarry.

4 VERB To blast someone means to shoot them with a gun. [JOURNALISM ] □ [V n + to ] …a son who blasted his father to death after a life-time of bullying. □ [be V -ed + with ] He was blasted with a sawn-off shotgun in Oldham on Thursday. ● N‑COUNT Blast is also a noun. □  …the man who killed Nigel Davies with a shotgun blast.

5 VERB If someone blasts their way somewhere, they get there by shooting at people or causing an explosion. □ [V n] The police were reported to have blasted their way into the house using explosives. □ [V n prep/adv] One armoured column attempted to blast a path through a barricade of buses and trucks.

6 VERB If something blasts water or air somewhere, it sends out a sudden, powerful stream of it. □ [V n prep/adv] A blizzard was blasting great drifts of snow across the lake. ● N‑COUNT Blast is also a noun. □ [+ of ] Blasts of cold air swept down from the mountains.

7 VERB If you blast something such as a car horn, or if it blasts , it makes a sudden, loud sound. If something blasts music, or music blasts , the music is very loud. □ [V n] …drivers who do not blast their horns. □ [V ] The sound of western music blasted as she entered. ● N‑COUNT Blast is also a noun. □ [+ of ] The buzzer suddenly responded in a long blast of sound.

8 PHRASE If something such as a radio or a heater is on full blast , or on at full blast , it is producing as much sound or power as it is able to. □  In many of those homes the television is on full blast 24 hours a day.

▸  blast away

1 PHRASAL VERB If a gun, or a person firing a gun, blasts away , the gun is fired continuously for a period of time. □ [V P ] Suddenly all the men pull out pistols and begin blasting away.

2 PHRASAL VERB If something such as a radio or a pop group is blasting away , it is producing a loud noise. □ [V P ] Alarms blast away until you get up.

▸  blast off

1 PHRASAL VERB When a space rocket blasts off , it leaves the ground at the start of its journey.

2 → see also blast-off

▸  blast out PHRASAL VERB If music or noise is blasting out , loud music or noise is being produced. □ [V P n] …loudspeakers blasting out essential tourist facts in every language known to man. □ [V P ] Pop music can be heard 10 miles away blasting out from the huge tented shanty-town.

blast|ed /blɑː st I d, blæ st I d/

1 ADJ [ADJ n] Some people use blasted to express anger or annoyance at something or someone. [INFORMAL , OLD-FASHIONED , FEELINGS ]

2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A blasted landscape has very few plants or trees, and makes you feel sad or depressed when you look at it. [LITERARY ] □  …the blasted landscape where the battle was fought.