Blast Very Common

a very long fly ball

"The batter hit a blast over the outfield fence, sending the crowd into an uproar."

a sudden very loud noise

"The explosion created a deafening blast that shattered every window in the street."

a strong current of air

"the tree was bent almost double by the gust"

an explosion (as of dynamite)

"The soldiers were caught in a sudden blast from the enemy's dynamite."

a highly pleasurable or exciting experience

"we had a good time at the party"

"celebrating after the game was a blast"

intense adverse criticism

"Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"

"the government has come under attack"

"don't give me any flak"

A violent gust of wind.

"The bioinformatics team used a blast to identify regions of similarity between the newly sequenced gene and known protein databases."

An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).

An algorithm which compares similarities between sequences of nucleotides in nucleic acids or of amino acids in proteins.

make a strident sound

"She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone"

hit hard

"He smashed a 3-run homer"

use explosives on

"The enemy has been shelling us all day"

apply a draft or strong wind to to

"the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us"

create by using explosives

"blast a passage through the mountain"

make with or as if with an explosion

"blast a tunnel through the Alps"

fire a shot

"the gunman blasted away"

criticize harshly or violently

"The press savaged the new President"

"The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

shatter as if by explosion

"The sudden shockwave from the nearby dynamite blast shattered every window in the building."

shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly

"The frosty night caused the tender buds to blast, leaving them shriveled and brown before they could open."

To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.

"The researcher decided to blast the new gene sequence against the database to find potential matches."

To run a nucleotide sequence (for nucleic acids) or an amino acid sequence (for proteins) through a BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool).

Alternative letter-case form of blast (to run a sequence through BLAST)

To show displeasure or disappointment; damn

"I blast when my favorite team loses in overtime."