blasted off

past tense of blast off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blasted off
Verb
  • Fast fashion trends zoomed by, and vintage stores got more curated.
    Alyssa Hardy, Vogue, 28 Dec. 2024
  • As the sky turned blazing orange, our Zodiac zoomed past green sea turtles, whose heads would pop above the surface and then vanish.
    Janice Wald Henderson, Travel + Leisure, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Ennis was elevated to full champion status in November 2023 when the sanctioning body stripped Terence Crawford of the belt not long after Crawford unified the welterweight titles with a win over Errol Spence Jr.
    Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • While his draft stock elevated, the Cowboys kept losing games.
    Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Spending by the kingdom has ballooned due to Vision 2030, a sweeping campaign to transform the Saudi economy and diversify its revenue streams away from hydrocarbons.
    Natasha Turak, CNBC, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The lack of availability in the private market has left many homeowners to fend for themselves, while the state's fire insurer of last resort, the California FAIR Plan, has ballooned in size.
    Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Deportation efforts remained significantly scaled back throughout 2024 compared to levels seen in 2023 and 2022.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 4 Jan. 2025
  • This snippet from a structure-formation simulation, with the expansion of the Universe scaled out, represents billions of years of gravitational growth in a dark matter-rich Universe.
    Big Think, Big Think, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Blasted off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blasted%20off. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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