blasted off

past tense of blast off

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blasted off
Verb
  • During the pandemic, the company started supplying medical apparel to hospitals and schools, and the business took off, with revenue doubling in 2020, Beig said.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • Daga, Berto, Angel, Bronco Nima and Karmen Petrovic attacked El Grande Americano and took off their jackets to reveal their Los Perros del Mal T-shirts.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • And Ghulam Ali felt uplifted; perhaps a celestial trip wasn’t that far beyond his own reach.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 June 2026
  • This year’s changes uplifted Kittle and others.
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
Verb
  • Citing those acquisitions, Cineverse said its revenue zoomed 67% in the quarter compared with the year-ago period, hitting $26 million.
    Dade Hayes, Deadline, 26 June 2026
  • Instead, the ball zoomed between his legs and rolled to the wall, scoring one.
    Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 26 June 2026
Verb
  • The space is a balance between tropical escape and late-night lounge, with moody lighting, sexy design elements and music that keeps the energy elevated throughout the evening.
    Blair Crosby, AJC.com, 5 July 2026
  • The president has elevated MAGA-friendly election deniers into the federal government, sicced the Justice Department on his political enemies, and drafted multiple agencies into his relentless hunt to substantiate his broad claims of voter fraud.
    Toluse Olorunnipa, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • However, electrification has quietly ballooned into a juggernaut with a $42 billion backlog, up from just $9 billion at the end of 2022.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 2 July 2026
  • New York spending on these adult daycares ballooned in recent years, with the bill to taxpayers nearly quadrupling from 2018 to 2024.
    Laura Geller, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • The administration boosted federal law enforcement for city patrols and then announced a crime emergency, taking control of DC’s police department and ordering an influx of roughly 2,000 National Guard troops.
    Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 3 July 2026
  • While federal pandemic aid has boosted the state budget for years, that funding is running dry.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Fans sang the 1971 anthem in unison after the USMNT topped Australia 2-0, perhaps becoming a new tradition for soccer fans.
    Amna Subhan, AJC.com, 30 June 2026
  • So do savings accounts, CDs and gold, the asset classes that topped the Gallup poll at times in the Great Recession era.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • The two daredevils who scaled the spire of the Empire State Building while the world watched have been grounded by the New York Police Department and are now the targets of a criminal investigation.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • The couple of daredevils who scaled the Empire State Building in New York City were released from custody under supervision after a court appearance on July 2, prosecutors said.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 2 July 2026
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“Blasted off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blasted%20off. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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