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blasting



ADJECTIVE
blowing
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NOUN
shooting
Synonyms


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The Dunlap broadside was a broadside in a figurative sense as well as a literal one, blasting its message like cannons fired from the side of a warship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The Orion spacecraft, named Integrity, is some 40,000 miles from Earth after blasting off late Wednesday atop a 320-foot-tall SLS rocket.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

“Oil’s blasting off like a Tomahawk rocket,” said Manish Raj, managing director of Velandera Energy Partners.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 5, 2026

Way-marked pistes are generally protected by pre-emptive avalanche blasting, and their snow is flattened and compacted to further reduce the risk.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Then he walked outside and hosed down his car, blasting away the Idaho dust until it looked as though it had never seen a dirt road.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover