as in to take off
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Recent Examples of blastoff
Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024
The countdown began months ago at Voodoo Brewing Co. in Meridian, but now things are nearing blastoff.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 2 May 2024
Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2025
Jacobson had previously proposed that many meteorites that have fallen to Earth were originally part of large chunks blasted off planets by giant impacts during the chaotic early era of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 6 May 2025
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Noun
Each day, there are Big Top performances at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., with a human cannonball blastoff at 1:45 p.m.
Admission costs $23 for teens and adults, $20 for seniors (ages 65 and up) and $15 for children (ages 5-12).
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2024
The countdown began months ago at Voodoo Brewing Co. in Meridian, but now things are nearing blastoff.
—Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 2 May 2024
Verb
The evidence comes in the last three games alone — not in the rooftop, but in opposite-field home runs and a blast off a lefty.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2025
Jacobson had previously proposed that many meteorites that have fallen to Earth were originally part of large chunks blasted off planets by giant impacts during the chaotic early era of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 6 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blastoff
Noun
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SpaceX's broadband internet constellation grew again today (May 31), with the launch of 27 satellites into Earth orbit.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
31 May 2025
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This summer will mark the official launch of the DCU with Superman.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
Verb
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Rowling never sold the rights to ebooks for her work, instead founding Pottermore Publishing in 2012, a business that took off during the pandemic and now pays her several million per year.—
Matt Craig,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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The assailant took off after the incident and remains on the loose.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
30 May 2025
Verb
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Without bees, moths, weevils, and more zooming around and spreading plants’ reproductive cells, plants and important crops would not grow.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
21 May 2025
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Men on electric scooters zoomed past a square where prisoners used to be beheaded, now a few blocks away from a gleaming new metro station.—
Vivian Nereim,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
Verb
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Accruing interest that makes balances balloon over time.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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That stroke of fortune helped Verstappen build up a seemingly insurmountable lead which ballooned out to 18 seconds at one point.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
18 May 2025
Verb
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This gem detailing the ancient underground aqueducts of Rome gives both a visual and historical account of man’s insatiable appetite to overcome nature and create astonishing engineering marvels to uplift the human condition.—
Smithsonian magazine,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 May 2025
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These changes would close doors for exactly the kinds of students California has pledged to uplift.—
Cipriano Vargas,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 May 2025
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“Blastoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blastoff. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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