· make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone"

Synonym(s): blare

Hypernym(s): make_noise, resound, noise

· hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"

Synonym(s): smash, nail, boom

Hypernym(s): hit

· use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day"

Synonym(s): shell

Hypernym(s): bombard, bomb

· apply a draft or strong wind to to; "the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us"

Hypernym(s): blow

· create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain"

Synonym(s): shell

Hypernym(s): make, create

· make with or as if with an explosion; "blast a tunnel through the Alps"

Hypernym(s): cut

· fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away"

Synonym(s): shoot

Hypernym(s): fire, discharge

· criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

Synonym(s): savage, pillory, crucify

Hypernym(s): knock, criticize, criticise, pick_apart

· shatter as if by explosion

Synonym(s): knock_down

Hypernym(s): smash, dash

· shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly

Hypernym(s): shrivel, shrivel_up, shrink, wither

· expletives used informally as intensifiers; "he's a blasted idiot"; "it's a blamed shame"; "a blame cold winter"; "not a blessed dime"; "I'll be damned (or blessed or darned or goddamned) if I'll do any such thing"; "he's a damn (or goddam or goddamned) fool"; "a deuced idiot"; "an infernal nuisance"

Synonym(s): blame, blamed, blessed, damn, damned, darned, deuced, goddam, goddamn, goddamned, infernal