blast

IPA: bɫˈæst

A violent gust of wind.
A forcible stream of gas or liquid from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the mouth, etc.
A hit of a recreational drug from a pipe.
The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace.
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.
An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc.
An explosive charge for blasting.
A loud, sudden sound.
A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
(figuratively, informal) A good time; an enjoyable moment.
(marketing) A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list.
A flatulent disease of sheep.
(bodybuilding, slang) A period of full dosage of PEDs as opposed to a period of reduced intake.
(cytology) An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).
(biology) An algorithm which compares similarities between sequences of nucleotides in nucleic acids or of amino acids in proteins.

(transitive) To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.
(intransitive) To make a loud noise.
(transitive, informal) To play (music) very loudly out of a speaker.
(transitive) To shatter, as if by an explosion.
(transitive) To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
(transitive) To curse; to damn.
(transitive, science fiction) To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).
(soccer) To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.
(transitive) To bring destruction or ruin on; to destroy.
(transitive) To blight or wither.
(intransitive, obsolete) To be blighted or withered.
(intransitive, obsolete) To blow, for example on a trumpet.
(bodybuilding, slang) To have a period of full dosage of PEDs as opposed to reducing them during a cruise period.
(biology, informal, transitive) To run a nucleotide sequence (for nucleic acids) or an amino acid sequence (for proteins) through a BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool).
(biology, informal, transitive) Alternative letter-case form of blast (to run a sequence through BLAST) [(transitive) To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.]

Examples of "blast" in Sentences

Kristin, thanks for bringing us this blast from the past.
But then the urge to take cheap shots and let rip an ad hominem blast is too much to resist:
The blast is the deadliest such incident since a series of blasts killed three people in Bangkok on New Year's Eve in 2006.
In December last year, at the Nagano World Cup, I had a blast from the past moment and pulled out a terrific 1000m and won!
I grew up on a diet of stock-car racing at the long-defunct Walthamstow Stadium in the Sixties, and the term "blast from the past" could not be more apt.
It had been moved over the Great Lakes and the rails to what they call a blast furnace, the technological name of which being The College of Needful Knocks for Red Mud.
IV. vii.155 (308,9) blast in proof] This, I believe, is a metaphor taken from a mine, which, in the proof or execution, sometimes breaks out with an ineffectual _blast_.
People here say that the -- what they call blast walls, which are basically large concrete barriers, or large containers filled with dirt, had been erected in front of the embassy, and that those blast walls probably absorbed about 90 percent of the explosive impact of that suicide bomb.