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noun

blast

CEFR B2

a sudden violent burst of air, noise, or explosive force

In a sentence

Six example sentences with blast, each labelled with its topic.

  • Opening the airlock in the game releases a blast of wind that flings loose crates across the hangar floor.

    Gaming

  • The sound designer built the rocket's launch blast from recordings of waterfalls layered under a slowed-down thunderclap.

    Movies

  • She set the shutter to a thousandth of a second to freeze the blast as the quarry face collapsed into dust.

    Photography

  • The brass section opened with a blast that rattled the hall's chandeliers and woke the critic in row three.

    Music

  • The 1980 blast at Mount St. Helens flattened forests for miles, and seismographs recorded it across the state.

    Science

  • Stepping off the plane in Phoenix, we met a blast of desert heat that made the terminal feel like a freezer.

    Travel

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