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    1. Glenelle knew it would give a mortal a lethal burn if one was caught in the blast from an early 22nd century fusion shuttlecraft


    2. It was as if, for blinking moments, the blast shield and the dome weren’t there at all


    3. Sarah received a hit on her right shoulder and back shielding Ichor from a blast to his neck


    4. Enraged, Ichor went for the devil and fired a large blast as Sarah let loose with her crossbow


    5. A blast of intense fire shot out at them and consumed fifty of them on the spot


    6. Collin let loose another blast from the Staff of Light and 20 more of them fell as they tried to fly away


    7. The black drew up his last reserves of energy and used it in one final assault with a blast so intense he hoped to destroy Collin


    8. The White reared back and let loose with a blast of flame in unison with a shot from the Staff of Light at the exact same time


    9. Daniel scanned the entire area - nothing! My God, what kind of a blast was that Jake? There is nothing left behind, they are all gone


    10. He also showed the White and Collin as they let loose the final blast on the big black bull

    11. ‘Yes, she was, wasn’t she?’ Alastair interposed, waving his fork for emphasis, ‘That aria at the end of the first act, you know … the one when you finished in tears … it got me every bloody performance! How you coped with the emotional blast I do not know


    12. ' She studied the tube of ash on the tip of her cigarette, aware of my unease, and then launched it into space with an unexpected blast from her lips


    13. had caused the blast


    14. again as an intense blast of sunlight scorched his


    15. flattened for miles around, and the blast was heard or felt over a huge


    16. Mother answered quickly, “White Feathers will have seen it rising and prepared them for the blast


    17. Meanwhile, in the village, Wiremu tripped on a rock and was almost caught in a full blast of fire, but luckily at the last second, he was scooped up by his mother, Moana


    18. For the blast of the terrible one is a


    19. 6with trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn—


    20. Glayet woke from a sound sleep disoriented by a piercing blast

    21. There was that one long blast, then nothing


    22. I knew he was excited about visiting his old nanny, of course, we tried to check up on the robot nanny but all records and everything else was destroyed in the blast


    23. Brian also was stunned by the blast furnace


    24. Even if he had his mana-ray, a full blast wouldn’t put a dent in them


    25. "Blast, at least that's what they play down there," Mingalle said


    26. As a total antithesis to blast, she played 'Moon's Water Reflection' as done by Silinth of Dos


    27. " It still amazed her how they could play that blast after a round of norrot, while Parmu was still nailed to the stool at their counter


    28. All that it touched it was scattered through the winds in a blast of dust


    29. " She seemed ready to shout, to blast the room apart with a scream


    30. He almost wished his power could return for just one more cataclysmic blast to take that bastard out

    31. ” The call was acknowledged Fred carried on putting his old fire overalls and hat on then as he walked down to woodland he heard the Brigade alarm blast across the fields


    32. It was like this, he is a little bit straight laced and does not like to be woken with a blast of ultra modern music


    33. Some claimed that the presence of those slain in the blast lingered on, haunting the area in a ghostly form of undeath


    34. Those ones still remained on the other side of the Rift, fearful of losing their supposed immortality with a blast of Alec's power


    35. "What are you doing?" Brice asked, his body engulfed in flames as he began searching the blast area


    36. Every blast of energy illuminated the entire palace in a bluish glow


    37. A sudden blast of chilly wind hit them as they passed into the Scrambletops


    38. Running left to right the entire area was fenced in with steel reinforced concrete blast panels


    39. He walked alongside the blast wall until he came to one of the sentry towers


    40. But the rage-filled blast of mental energy the giant sent his way proved to be too much – even for Adros’ hate

    41. Ostedes rushed the glowing being, only to be met with a blast of light


    42. The blast lifted him into the air


    43. Another blast rocked the Sanctuary, more powerful than all the rest


    44. Penelope had grabbed hold of Mercer’s shoulder and pulled him to the side, out of the direct blast


    45. The gun had already fired, its loud blast echoing through the streets


    46. He had almost reached her when she finally pulled the trigger, sounding off an ear-deafening blast that made her flinch and cower


    47. “Protection? Protection from what?!” Gods blast it all, stop speaking in riddles!


    48. The next thing she knew there was a massive explosion, the blast knocking her off the floor where she knelt and slamming her into the underside of the desk


    49. As soon as the cats touched the Elf, there was a blast of intense light so magnificent, the company could feel it rush through them, shuddering their very bones


    50. “Are we clear about this? We may be invisible, but a stray plasma blast at the wrong moment will still cause as much damage as if we were sitting ducks














































    1. Even the walls weren’t safe as they blasted them with laser guns and searched the holes for any trace of the technological wonder that Ackers had clutched tightly in his hand


    2. I storm past the girl on reception, ignoring her polite greeting and do my best to slam the door as I leave the building … I’m thwarted by the fact the blasted thing has an automatic door closer, a fact which merely inflames my temper even more


    3. After she got out in front of it, she rotated her nacelles again and blasted the junk almost straight down into the field again


    4. Enrico thought they had put on space suits and climbed into a small chamber that blasted free of the Al-Harron


    5. It had, in fact, blasted free, but only their data channels went with it


    6. ‘Whatever shall I do without him, Berndt?’ she asked, putting into words the awful truth that had blasted at her all the way from the wasteg


    7. She closed the rear door of the car, went to the warehouse door and put her fingers in her mouth and blasted the silence with a shrill whistle that made him jump


    8. It’s not as though I can settle down to anything else until this blasted quest is out of the way


    9. ’ I said, pleased to have something to take my mind off that blasted man


    10. As they entered the house they heard Sam shouting, “Where is that blasted doctor? He should be here by now!”

    11. It doesn’t help that the blasted thing is bigger than I am … so I’m on a loser for starters! It would seem that the world is divided into those people who can put on duvet covers without any trouble and those who cannot


    12. They’ve moved those blasted road works again … concentrate on the driving, Sarah! Yes, he’s driving along behind you … you can see him in the mirror … but you need to watch the road in front …


    13. When she was finally able to lift the lid, the light blasted her like a nuclear fireball, its shafts stabbed within the chamber, searing her eyeballs


    14. It’s a black tie do, I believe, have you got something you can wear? What time is this blasted event, Bill?’


    15. able to make a patch in the machine shop to cover the area where Rubik’s ship had blasted


    16. He knew damn well what really happened was that Desa found the phone in his pants and undoubtedly poked the call button and blasted Glayet’s ear half out the other side of her chips


    17. Her purpose was clear, as she’d blasted it into his yaag-addled brain with that song


    18. I was drenched and sand blasted


    19. This blasted the straps off the crowd that came for the opening act


    20. It was late evening when I woke, thankfully not disturbed by any of the children then I heard the car come up the drive and as I dressed I saw Robin alight and run up the stairs, so I quickly donned my shoes and as fast as I was able then marched down that blasted staircase to the screams of excited children and Dulcie hugging her two sons

    21. The Petrol's were a few hundred yards up the road and Stephen Cleary clapped his hands in glee for Richard his elder brother told him that fire races up a slope whereas on a downward slope it takes its time unless blasted by the wind


    22. “Its that's blasted TV Robert bought it has no proper channels its all so terrifying, frightful, Paul its driving us out of our minds!”


    23. A chain of blue energy blasted the demon in front of her, pitching the black clad knight into the garden


    24. He blasted out, one barrage of flames after another, obliterating large chunks of the giant


    25. The ramp retracted, the door closed and the spaceship blasted off, blowing Gibbon’s hat off in the process


    26. on ‘auto’ as they blasted any matter within


    27. Sebastian blasted off a heartfelt prayer of thanks as he looked skyward


    28. After it finished the whistles started and blasted out warning us and we set off on our way the first part of the assault was across open farm land which much of Cape Helles consisted of


    29. “What’s wrong with you lot have you never seen anyone evicted from a public house before? I would suggest that unless you want the same treatment as that idiot that you get on with your ale and stop staring as though this is a penny peepshow”, and having blasted the shirkers she sat back down with me


    30. What was he doing with the blasted bread knife, which he had carefully wrapped and carried around town? But he felt compelled to continue

    31. sure they blasted light in the right place, shaved off just the right level of roughness at the edges of a chip, added gold contacts here, not there


    32. 'This blasted rain


    33. That's all she needed; some blasted man following her


    34. “No listen we will have so much artillery and ammunition that the Hun will be blasted into submission


    35. “Listen to what I’m saying out front just off to our right is a big shell hole and beside that is an old abandoned blasted cottage have you seen it?” I said


    36. The last of the sedated absent-ness blasted away completely


    37. the shift and earlier bombardments from the Unity, it had been blasted into oblivion by the


    38. She sat opposite the elder in the conference room, her weariness blasted away with caffeine, but her mind still fatigued


    39. But as he blasted off from the lunar surface it occurred to him that in the process of being hunted down by the Darangi, Roidon would be allowed vital extra time


    40. It must have been blasted out of existence!

    41. It had blasted down on him relentlessly, adding to his pain and discomfort


    42. The mower shuddered twice, blasted hot exhaust gasses into my left ear, then took off like a pip squeezed between thumb and forefinger


    43. The machine completed the wash cycle, then blasted me with hot air


    44. Nibbles couldn’t see a blasted thing


    45. he said because of that darn blasted cargo ship’s honking


    46. Ka-boom! Ka-boom! He blasted away with his pump-action shotgun, but it skittered away into the bushes


    47. “Swing away, little girl, swing away,” and yet another one blasted past, with a pair of Camels hot on his tail


    48. I had to admit that blasted my theory


    49. Meanwhile Akbar and Muhammad started to take several bodies upstairs to the roof having blocked off the hostages in the basement with three doors they had blasted off with their weapons earlier effectively sealing everyone off from escape


    50. Targeting Akbar one of the troops blasted away at Akbar













































    1. Can a fireman who wants to build a great cavern do that by blasting a solid rock with a fire hose for a week straight, staying up with every bit of energy that he has, holding the hose blasting it at full power


    2. It flew almost over them in the sky, only a few thousand feet above, blasting wind they could feel even down here


    3. “Well thank you for all those flowers,” she said, “But if you and a whole expedition just journeyed all the way here from YingolNeerie in a starship I’d think you’d want to pull up in the center of town with your best speakers blasting your best tunes and celebrate


    4. Blasting him with both barrels of the truth didn't seem to stagger him that much


    5. Earlier, the sky had been filled with mage-fire blasting out from both sides


    6. Her flaming fist led the way, blasting a hole through the Dead God’s chest


    7. And the images pleased him: the bitter smoke, the brilliant fire and all under a stormy sky that would not aid them with rain but merely blasting thunder and deadly lightning


    8. Hans touched his belt, and a few seconds later, an enormous explosion detonated inside the bubble, blasting away all of the demons and sending the Arrows’ home into a blazing inferno


    9. He got a blasting that shook the walls for an order that had not made the deadline


    10. I lent over Uncle Hobart, shouting in his ear above the noise of the latest Spice Girls hit blasting from a set of speakers six inches above our heads

    11. In the background, he heard a commercial on the set, blasting out as the old man always had it turned up too loud, even though he claimed to be able to hear it when set at a lower level


    12. “And that takes a lot of blasting,” Nadir suddenly comprehended


    13. How could one explain about road building, and blasting, and blowing off the corner of a mountain? And finding a hole? Revealing a cave? With strange, rectangular objects inside it, obviously not natural formations?


    14. The light, the unfamiliar cold wind blasting his face…he wept for joy


    15. From time to time, they’d pull over and snort a line, then hit the road with the music blasting while tension melted like butter on a hot stove


    16. Again a huge wall of water roared through the canyon like a gigantic hydraulic jet, blasting away the rock that had restrained it


    17. I strutted to the middle of the break circle and cockily hop danced to, “Electric kingdom” that was blasting through the tweeters and woofers while my crew was eagerly watching me strut


    18. noticed when the truck door opened; he heard one of his songs blasting out of


    19. But the one that stands out the most is the fact that Chelsea’s dad owns a construction company that uses blasting caps for excavation


    20. “What about the blasting caps?” he asked

    21. “Is there any evidence that she was in possession of blasting caps or came anywhere near where they’re stored?”


    22. Throw in that she bought him the headphones, and her dad keeps blasting caps, and you have the makings of a solid case,” he said


    23. “Do you mean as in blasting caps for excavation?”


    24. “Did they use blasting caps?”


    25. 17 I struck you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours


    26. The ear pads were packed with BBs, and each contained a blasting cap


    27. “Did you see what they used to blow it up?” I asked, hoping it involved a blasting cap


    28. In less than fifteen seconds I was looking at an impressive array of blasting caps, timers, wires, and five sticks of dynamite


    29. I found the headphones in the house and blasting caps and BBs in the garage


    30. But, since he told us Warren stole the blasting caps and Billingsly built the bomb, he really didn’t have much of a role in the killing

    31. 13 those who till the ground shall mourn, for their seeds shall fail through the blasting and hail, and with a fearful


    32. becoming discouraged by their drivers was evident by the number of times she heard them blasting


    33. I just found my Toyota and went straight to home, blasting the AC to calm myself


    34. Here is a Catholic convention, he reasoned, to improve understanding between the Church and the Spanish people, and the name of Christ has not been mentioned even once during the whole weekend… That morning, a representative from Washington gave a most disturbing and provoking talk, blasting the Anglo clergy and boasting that his office had been responsible for this gathering of about one thousand people


    35. He sauntered in screaming, “Hey, I LOVE this show!!” turned the volume up to ear blasting level and, aware or not, jumped onto the same couch Rio was on, making it shudder


    36. “But he was there, and so at the very last instant, rather than blasting Talia to dust with a blow as I had planned, I thought of the ordeal of Yzandra, and I cursed Talia with it


    37. Then the ship lifted off, blasting a dense, focused ray of energy that caused the collapse of the witch’s entire underground world


    38. But I think she would reject that method, and amuse herself by blasting and scattering you repeatedly until the curse was completely expended


    39. 13 those who till the ground shall mourn for their seeds shall fail through the blasting and hail and with a fearful constellation


    40. A quartet of gnomes immediately appeared in the air above, all marked by the subtle blue glow that was commonly used to indicate spellcraft to observers, flying with the agility of sparrows, spells flashing and blasting and crackling

    41. Meanwhile the strike force was rapidly concentrating over the mountain in response to the Eldest’s confirmation that Zarkog was within it, and Hilia’s forces joined most of the rest in blasting it with a roiling maelstrom of spells


    42. "Blasting this place would be a prestigious move


    43. He hopes also that there will be shelter from the blasting heat of the sun


    44. A loud sound like a firecracker blasting in her ear made him freeze in his tracks


    45. She closed her eyes, concentrating all her thoughts towards the waves of energy that were blasting out from inside of her


    46. Radio?! I remember feeling that a Boom Box was blasting static


    47. blasting on their Boom Box


    48. Cars and vans crept toward him and sidled past, wipers flailing, heaters no doubt blasting


    49. alone with the intention of blasting it out to the world wide web


    50. The annual fair was in Bremerhaven, blasting Rudi Schurike’s hit song Caprifischer non-stop over the fairgrounds








































    1. The laser blasts sailed harmlessly over his head and both robots ended up shooting each other in the chest


    2. Justice raised an eyebrow for a second and smirked as the ineffectual blasts struck him


    3. They were much luckier than the millions of humans Justice had destroyed through laser blasts and tsunamis, and were much luckier than the millions of aliens killed when Justice blew up several planets


    4. “Strong winds whip up a lot of loose sand and carry it in clouds that roll across the outback like a tsunami up to 7,000 metres in height! Airborne sand blasts everything in its way


    5. Between the blasts, screams of terror could be heard, echoing throughout the Sanctuary


    6. peace it was a great shock when the blasts


    7. On this the White Rabbit blew three blasts on the trumpet, and then unrolled the parchment scroll, and read as follows:–


    8. ‘Call the first witness,’ said the King; and the White Rabbit blew three blasts on the trumpet, and called out, ‘First witness!’


    9. Alit’aren and Ael Tarael threw balls of flame at the chests of the creatures though the blasts were absorbed by the dark-plated armour


    10. have survived one or two blasts in space, but never anything on the scale we’re talking about

    11. On this the White Rabbit blew three blasts on the trumpet, and then unrolled the parchment scroll, and read as follows:--


    12. 'Call the first witness,' said the King; and the White Rabbit blew three blasts on the trumpet, and called out, 'First witness!'


    13. Violent blasts erupted in the crowds and amongst the police


    14. Marco and Bellona’s shield systems become very visible and absorb the powerful blasts


    15. Few of the Democratic Senators who had been ready to confirm Bork on his qualifications had the courage to stand up against the blasts leveled against him—and might well be thrown against them should they support him


    16. He flicks thrice more and blasts another breath in pursuit of this Bojudai, who flies some incredibly talented evasive maneuvers before the blade neatly cleaves him


    17. Lather blew back across a sweat-glistened body as the beast blew out great blasts of air


    18. As the siren wound up, a series of heavy explosions started in the distance, and in seconds ever louder ear- shattering blasts rippled directly toward the packed Officers Club


    19. Behind him, Buey Dan heard the AK-47 fire and B-40 blasts of the fire support teams while ahead he heard sporadic M-16 fire as the defending Air Police probed by fire, shooting into areas they thought might contain advancing sappers


    20. First the trumpet blasts of warning issued from the porch back in dream-six, and now judgment precedes from it

    21. blasts she used to pry it open


    22. To indulge his eccentric urge they would brave the icy blasts of night


    23. Suddenly a horn sounded three longs blasts


    24. gunfights and blasts with improbable action scenes


    25. His head throbbed from the magical blasts of the Key Mage and his red-haired friend


    26. His armor was resilient, however, and deflected the blasts completely


    27. The volume blasts handclaps and a steady drum beat, guitars over the top


    28. A blue energy ribbon surrounded the warriors and captured the destructive energy of the blasts from the dragons


    29. Grumbling thunder swelled to a deafening clamour and darkness was banished by continuous billion-volt energy blasts arcing across the firmament, tearing the ether to shreds


    30. Suddenly a louder gun blasts in the distance

    31. From the missile blasts they sustain some damage to their tracks and hydraulic pumps


    32. Four helicopters are destroyed in huge explosive blasts


    33. New hunters leap and fly about with the helicopters above, their jet blasts knocking idiots about and scattering them all over the ground as easily as a child blows dandelion seeds


    34. Those 25 puny nukes at the major domes did little damage, the blasts were mostly contained


    35. It was no time for special moments; blasts of fire balls came flying through the air as they were being attacked


    36. The wizards pulled out all the magical powers they had, from fire balls to laser blasts, and Hoyle threw his cards at the children


    37. He sees an appalling revelation that blasts his soul with an icy wind—the high priest, Caiaphas, has allowed vendors into the temple! They’re selling all manner of sacrificial offerings: wheat, barley, wine, fowl, sheep, cattle, and oxen being the most prominent


    38. “BILL STOP THAT!” The high-pitched shouting contrasted with the deep report of the shotgun as Bill let fly 2 more blasts


    39. He felt its breathy bubbling hatred, growing in volume in short rumbling blasts of intent as it approached them


    40. Her hair looking shampoo-perfect was lifted away from her face by the percussive blasts of explosive shells

    41. I could smell blood, magic blasts and heard the clash of steel as the entire group massed around the one carrying me


    42. Here was a time of racial rejoicing, mingled with sacrifices, Levitical chants, and the solemn blasts of the silvery trumpets of the priests


    43. The worshipers passed down the steps leading from the court of Israel to the court of the women while successive blasts were blown upon the silvery trumpets


    44. I lied to him and said that we were a very patient people but if we were not released tens of thousands of crafts will shell this planet with blasts unimaginable to his species


    45. twin blasts from Can‘s shotgun that cut the smaller Indian in half as he was zipping his pants


    46. Their legs clung to the animals as the horses raced headlong into the blasts of the automatic fire


    47. the twin of the one in Mick Shaw's overalls, and blew three shrill blasts in rapid


    48. His automatic defensive screen instantly surrounds his body in an electrical field protecting his body from the phaser blasts


    49. Continuing to fire their phasers, the energy blasts dissipated by the electrical field surrounding him, shows the robots that their weapons are ineffective, but it makes no impression on their neural circuits; and the security robots continue firing


    50. It was lit by a string of light bulbs that hung from one end of the barn to the other and swayed as blasts of cold air whipped through the open front bringing with them flurries of snow that melted on the damp concrete floor








































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    Synonyms for "blast"

    blast attack fire flack flak good time bam bang clap eruption blow gust knock down crucify pillory savage shoot shell boom nail smash blare burst detonation discharge outbreak outburst clang din peal gale squall storm wind draft trumpet bellow wail yell blow up detonate split revile denounce blight curse condemn dash berate

    "blast" definitions

    a very long fly ball


    a sudden very loud noise


    a strong current of air


    an explosion (as of dynamite)


    a highly pleasurable or exciting experience


    intense adverse criticism


    make a strident sound


    hit hard


    use explosives on


    apply a draft or strong wind to to


    create by using explosives


    make with or as if with an explosion


    fire a shot


    criticize harshly or violently


    shatter as if by explosion


    shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly