as in like crazy
with all power or resources being used
the unsuspecting parents arrived home to find the stereo going full blast and the kitchen a mess
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How to Prepare for Extended Heat Kevin Lanza, PhD, assistant professor of environmental and occupational health sciences at UTHealth Houston, urges people to have a plan ready well before the hot weather comes on full blast:
Stay informed about weather conditions.
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Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 23 June 2025
Set on full blast, the July is quiet; gone are those old-timey window unit vibrations.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 12 May 2025
Since mice don’t care for extreme heat, park in the sun on a hot day with the windows up, or turn the heater on full blast to drive them to a cooler place.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
The Oscars are behind us, and the summer movie season hasn’t yet hit us full blast: Springtime is always the point at which some of the best new movies of the year start showing up.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
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Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 23 June 2025
Set on full blast, the July is quiet; gone are those old-timey window unit vibrations.
—Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 12 May 2025
Since mice don’t care for extreme heat, park in the sun on a hot day with the windows up, or turn the heater on full blast to drive them to a cooler place.
—Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 9 May 2025
The Oscars are behind us, and the summer movie season hasn’t yet hit us full blast: Springtime is always the point at which some of the best new movies of the year start showing up.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for full blast
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The rookie fifth-round pick got the start with Joe Flacco, Kenny Pickett, and Dillon Gabriel all out of the lineup, leaving Sanders and Tyler Huntley as the only two available QBs.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Aug. 2025
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The dream excursion concluded with a delightful banquet dinner on the beach with my fellow guests and the actors, now all out of character.—
Liam Quinn,
People.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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Dern’s casting as Hank's mom was extremely meaningful to Butler, whose mother Lori died of cancer in 2014.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
31 Aug. 2025
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Having a healthy Parsons ready to rock for the team's matchup against the Lions will be extremely important.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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McBride is able to capture the often indistinguishable line between agony and pleasure, the way one can be known totally and known not at all from one moment to the next.—
Book Marks
August 28,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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That was just a totally different recording procedure.—
Pat Blashill,
Rolling Stone,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Full blast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/full%20blast. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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