blast

/blæst/ v [I/T] (USE EXPLOSIVES)

Definition

› to break apart or destroy by using explosives: [I] To make the tunnel, engineers will have to blast through solid rock.

(Definition of blast v (USE EXPLOSIVES) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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