| blast | a very long fly ball |
solo homer
solo blast | a home run with no runners on base |
cleaning
cleansing
cleanup | the act of making something clean, he gave his shoes a good cleaning |
| dry cleaning | the act of cleaning (fabrics) with a solvent other than water |
| blast furnace | a furnace for smelting of iron from iron oxide ores, combustion is intensified by a blast of air |
cleaning implement
cleaning device
cleaning equipment | any of a large class of implements used for cleaning |
| cleaning pad | a pad used as a cleaning implement |
fire
attack
flak
flack
blast | intense adverse criticism, Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party, the government has come under attack, don't give me any flak |
good time
blast | a highly pleasurable or exciting experience, we had a good time at the party, celebrating after the game was a blast |
shock wave
blast wave | a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity, the explosion created a shock wave |
bang
clap
eruption blast bam | a sudden very loud noise |
| blast | an explosion (as of dynamite) |
| bomb blast | the explosion of a bomb |
backblast
back-blast | backfire from a recoilless weapon |
charwoman
char
cleaning woman
cleaning lady
woman | a human female employed to do housework, the char will clean the carpet, I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write |
gust
blast
blow | a strong current of air, the tree was bent almost double by the gust |
| blast trauma | injury caused the explosion of a bomb (especially in enclosed spaces) |
| blast | shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly |
| blast knock down | shatter as if by explosion |
savage
blast pillory crucify | criticize harshly or violently, The press savaged the new President, The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage |
| blast shoot | fire a shot, the gunman blasted away |
blast
shell | use explosives on, The enemy has been shelling us all day |
smash
nail boom
blast | hit hard, He smashed a -run homer |
| blast off | launch with great force, the rockets were blasted off |
| blast | make with or as if with an explosion, blast a tunnel through the Alps |
blast
shell | create by using explosives, blast a passage through the mountain |
| blast | apply a draft or strong wind to to, the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us |
blast
blare | make a strident sound, She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone |