blast
A violent gust of wind or apparent windA violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).
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» The blast destroyed everything.
Взрыв уничтожил всё. — odexed
Вибух знищив усе. — deniko
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17 senses(countable, uncountable)A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).
Windstoß
поры́в ве́траporýv vétra, поры́вporýv
(countable, uncountable)A forcible stream of gas or liquid from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the tuyeres of a blast furnace, a person's mouth, etc.
дутьёdutʹjó
(countable, uncountable)A hit of a recreational drug from a pipe.
(countable, uncountable)The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace.
Many tons of iron were melted at a blast.
(countable, uncountable)The exhaust steam from an engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.
(countable, uncountable)An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc.
arc blast
She caught the full impact of the blast.
взрывvzryv
(countable, uncountable)A direct and fast swing of a bat; a home run.
(countable, uncountable)A verbal attack or punishment; a severe criticism or reprimand.
My manager gave me a blast yesterday for coming in late.
(countable, uncountable)An explosive charge for blasting.
1852-1854, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts Large blasts are often used.
(countable)A loud, sudden sound.
гро́хотgróxot
a sudden very loud noise
(uncountable)Unwanted noise from a microphone.
(countable, uncountable)A sudden pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English blast, from Old English blǣst (“blowing, blast”), from ProtoInherited from Middle English blast, from Old English blǣst (“blowing, blast”), from Proto-West Germanic *blāstu, from Proto-Germanic *blēstuz (“blowing, blast”).
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βλᾰστός (blăstós, “germ or sprout”).
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plural: blastsSynonyms
11 synonymsWord family
46 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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