blast-offn.
The initial thrust required to launch a rocket or the like into space; the launching of the rocket itself. Also attributive.
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1951 M. Greenberg Travelers of Space 20 Blast-off, the initial expenditure of energy by a space ship leaving a planet, or in emergency takeoffs.
1952 A. C. Clarke Islands in Sky viii. 125 We were supposed to keep out of the pilot's way at blast-off.
1958 Observer 2 Feb. 1/3 This stage developed a blast-off thrust of 78,000 lb.
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