blasted off; blasting off; blasts off
: take off sense 1b
—used especially of rocket-propelled missiles and vehicles
Examples of blastoff in a Sentence
Noun
the mission was scrubbed just minutes before blastoff
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William Harwood, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
Crew 10 commander Anne McClain, pilot Nichole Ayers, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov were strapped in and ready for blastoff from historic pad 39 at the Kennedy Space Center at 7:48 p.m. EDT.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025
Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Abby spits back before raising her gun and blasting off his knee.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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Noun
The Super Heavy-Starship on its Gulf Coast launch pad Thursday being fueled for blastoff.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
Crew 10 commander Anne McClain, pilot Nichole Ayers, Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi and Russian cosmonaut Kirill Peskov were strapped in and ready for blastoff from historic pad 39 at the Kennedy Space Center at 7:48 p.m. EDT.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
In town to attend Justin Timberlake’s 8AM Golf Invitational, the Kelces enjoyed time on the green, reuniting with friends — and had a blast off the course, too.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Abby spits back before raising her gun and blasting off his knee.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Blastoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blastoff. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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