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blast
verb [I or T] (NOISE) /blɑːst/
/blæst/ Definition
› to make a very loud and unpleasant noise: guns/music blasting (away/out)Noise and noisy
(Definition of blast verb (NOISE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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