as in to take off
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Recent Examples of blastoff
Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
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
Richard Edwards, Space.com, 24 Jan. 2025
In 2018, Parker watched from Cape Canaveral as the Parker Solar Probe blasted off for the outer corona of the sun.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The launchpad also was damaged on blastoff — sending debris flying across nearly 400 acres.
—Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2024
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
Verb
Philippa Georgiou, former leader of the Terran Empire in the Mirror Universe, ultimately took Control offline before blasting off for the 32nd century with the rest of the Discovery crew.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 24 Jan. 2025
In 2018, Parker watched from Cape Canaveral as the Parker Solar Probe blasted off for the outer corona of the sun.
—Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blastoff
Noun
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The launch of the lunar landing could come just more than a year after Intuitive Machines ushered in America's first return to the moon in more than 50 years.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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Given the annual cycle that Apple appears to be settling into, the MacBook Air will only stay current for a few weeks before a potential M5 launch around Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference in May or June.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Around the time that craft barbecue took off, Mike says, Terry received an ominous fax summoning him to a board meeting later that day.—
Rachel Monroe,
The New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2025
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Whether Osaka embraces this vision will determine whether this experiment becomes a model for future cities—or just another tech novelty that never quite took off.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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In the new clip, birds chirp and the camera zooms through what can only be described as a CGI take on a claymation Smurf Village, home of the blue little people created by Belgian animator Pierre Culliford (a.k.a.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
5 Feb. 2025
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This could come in handy at a museum, where visitors can walk up to iPads alongside an exhibit, and tap around to rotate and zoom into details of the 3D model to learn more about the object.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
31 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Some of his costars are seen in the documentary, both in original and archived interviews, discussing how the matter was not dealt with or discussed, even as the Friends castmembers’ individual value ballooned to $1.1 million per episode.—
Kevin Dolak,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Feb. 2025
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Meanwhile, assaults on inmates ballooned from 1,267 in 2019 to 2,697 for the first 11 months of 2024.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
25 Feb. 2025
Verb
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From her breakout role in ‘Fame’ to her work as a director and philanthropist, Debbie Allen has spent decades using her creativity to uplift and inspire.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
17 Feb. 2025
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The event was curated to uplift Black changemakers, setting the celebratory tone with music and soul food.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Blastoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blastoff. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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