as in to take off
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Recent Examples of blastoff
Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2023
Psyche received a booming blastoff from the Falcon Heavy rocket, with 27 kerosene-burning engines providing an initial boost out of the atmosphere.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023
CBS News, 20 July 2024
Most recently, Boeing has faced scrutiny over its aerospace division and its Starliner, which faced technical difficulties after blasting off to space in June and left its two astronauts in space waiting to be picked up by a company rival's spacecraft.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 8 Sep. 2024
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Noun
An anthology of 11 stories, The Devil’s Cut was an 88-page blastoff that sold out of the more than 50,000 copies at the distributor level, landing it among the top-selling books of August.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2023
Psyche received a booming blastoff from the Falcon Heavy rocket, with 27 kerosene-burning engines providing an initial boost out of the atmosphere.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023
Verb
This core stage will get a pair of strap-on boosters at Kennedy before blasting off in September 2025 — at the earliest — with three U.S. astronauts and one Canadian.
—CBS News, 20 July 2024
Most recently, Boeing has faced scrutiny over its aerospace division and its Starliner, which faced technical difficulties after blasting off to space in June and left its two astronauts in space waiting to be picked up by a company rival's spacecraft.
—Juliana Kim, NPR, 8 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blastoff
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Ahead of the launch, Calandrelli provided a peek into the preparation to her Instagram Stories.Charna Flam, People.com, 23 Nov. 2024
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Both Balmain and Bottega Veneta debuted their launches during spring 2025 fashion week in an effort to make a strong connection between the fragrances and the DNA of the brand.Sophia Panych, Allure, 23 Nov. 2024
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Though showing off the works of a watch isn’t a new thing—Breguet famously built pocket watches that exposed the gear train and escapement—the practice really took off during the mechanical watch revival of the 1980s and ’90s.Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2024
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The junior officer took off his coat and shoes and handed his weapon to a colleague.Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
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The new issue is one of several the aging vehicle has faced in recent months, but Voyager’s team keeps finding creative solutions so the storied explorer can zoom along on its cosmic journey through uncharted territory.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
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Adjusted net income zoomed to $1.45 per share, up from $1.09 in the year-ago quarter.Dade Hayes, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
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In the last year, with most Israelis’ focus on the post-Oct. 7 war in Gaza, settlement construction in the West Bank has ballooned alongside new roads and infrastructure, including a dramatic increase in the establishment of unauthorized settler outposts.Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Nov. 2024
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Paris Hilton's media company 11:11 has ballooned amid one of the toughest climates for the media industry in the last decade.Sara Fischer, Axios, 19 Nov. 2024
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Watch on Deadline Erivo launched Edith’s Daughter in 2020 with the mission of making content that uplifts, normalizes and expresses the beauty of people who are often overlooked and underrepresented.Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 20 Nov. 2024
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This tendency to uplift wealthy Black moguls continues to shield these men (and the occasional woman) from accountability, particularly when they’re exposed for harming women.Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Blastoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blastoff. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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