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Verb
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S:
(v)
blast#1 (blast%2:39:00::)
,
blare#1 (blare%2:39:01::)
(make a strident sound)
"She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone"
(2)
S:
(v)
smash#1 (smash%2:35:00::)
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nail#3 (nail%2:35:02::)
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boom#2 (boom%2:35:00::)
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blast#2 (blast%2:35:00::)
(hit hard)
"He smashed a 3-run homer"
(1)
S:
(v)
blast#3 (blast%2:33:00::)
,
shell#1 (shell%2:33:00::)
(use explosives on)
"The enemy has been shelling us all day"
S:
(v)
blast#4 (blast%2:38:02::)
(apply a draft or strong wind to to)
"the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us"
S:
(v)
blast#5 (blast%2:36:00::)
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shell#2 (shell%2:36:00::)
(create by using explosives)
"blast a passage through the mountain"
S:
(v)
blast#6 (blast%2:36:02::)
(make with or as if with an explosion)
"blast a tunnel through the Alps"
S:
(v)
blast#7 (blast%2:33:01::)
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shoot#3 (shoot%2:33:00::)
(fire a shot)
"the gunman blasted away"
S:
(v)
savage#2 (savage%2:32:00::)
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blast#8 (blast%2:32:02::)
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pillory#3 (pillory%2:32:02::)
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crucify#4 (crucify%2:32:03::)
(criticize harshly or violently)
"The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
S:
(v)
blast#9 (blast%2:30:02::)
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knock down#3 (knock_down%2:30:00::)
(shatter as if by explosion)
S:
(v)
blast#10 (blast%2:30:03::)
(shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly)
Adjective
S:
(adj)
blasted#1 (blasted%3:00:00:cursed:00)
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blame#1 (blame%3:00:00:cursed:00)
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blamed#1 (blamed%3:00:00:cursed:00)
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blessed#3 (blessed%3:00:01:cursed:00)
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damn#2 (damn%3:00:02:cursed:00)
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damned#1 (damned%3:00:00:cursed:00)
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darned#1 (darned%3:00:02:cursed:00)
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deuced#1 (deuced%3:00:00:cursed:00)
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goddam#1 (goddam%3:00:00:cursed:00)
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goddamn#2 (goddamn%3:00:02:cursed:00)
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goddamned#1 (goddamned%3:00:02:cursed:00)
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infernal#3 (infernal%3:00:00:cursed:00)
(expletives used informally as intensifiers)
"he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance"