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blast (v.)
Old English
blæstan
"to blow, belch forth," from the root of
blast
(n.). Since 16c., often "to breathe on balefully." Meaning "to blow up by explosion" is from 1758. Related:
Blasted
;
blasting
.
Blast off
(n.) is attested from 1950.