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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- Medical Academic Word ListAuthoritative
- Science Vocabulary ListAuthoritative
- GRE 3000+ word list (widely used study list)Recognized
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