blastoff
1 of 2noun
blast·off ˈblast-ˌȯf 
: a blasting off (as of a rocket)
blast off
2 of 2verb
blasted off; blasting off; blasts off
intransitive verb
: take off sense 1b —used especially of rocket-propelled missiles and vehicles
Synonyms
Noun
- launch
- liftoff
- takeoff
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Example Sentences
Noun the mission was scrubbed just minutes before blastoff
Recent Examples on the Web
Dana Givens, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2022 Most electric vehicles do a decent blastoff from a dead stop, along with accompanying torque, and the XC 40 Recharge does indeed move out. Josh Max, Forbes, 7 July 2022 With the launch pad crew access arm extended, the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and its Falcon 9 rocket stand ready for crew boarding Friday and blastoff on a commercial flight to the International Space Station. William Harwood, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2022 What if the rocket could be tossed several meters above the surface, allowing more clearance for blastoff? Jonathan O'callaghan, Scientific American, 4 Mar. 2022 Walter Cronkite helms the program, and news clips depict excited crowds, waving astronauts and a blastoff countdown. Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2022 Billions over budget and years behind schedule, the James Webb Space Telescope is targeted for blastoff from the European Space Agency's Kourou, French Guiana, launch site at 7:20 a.m. EST Saturday atop an Ariane 5 rocket, weather permitting. William Harwood, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2021 The communications problem, which technicians were still troubleshooting as of this morning, has pushed Webb’s blastoff back a couple of days, to December 24. Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2021 Live footage showed the 154-foot rocket soaring into the air with bright yellow flames shooting out of its engines after blastoff at Naro Space Center, the country's lone spaceport, on a small island off its southern coast. Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2021 See More
Noun
The long-overdue launch will be ready for blastoff at the Kennedy Space Center from pad 39B early Monday morning with a 70 percent chance of perfect weather. Dana Givens, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2022 Most electric vehicles do a decent blastoff from a dead stop, along with accompanying torque, and the XC 40 Recharge does indeed move out. Josh Max, Forbes, 7 July 2022 With the launch pad crew access arm extended, the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and its Falcon 9 rocket stand ready for crew boarding Friday and blastoff on a commercial flight to the International Space Station. William Harwood, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2022 What if the rocket could be tossed several meters above the surface, allowing more clearance for blastoff? Jonathan O'callaghan, Scientific American, 4 Mar. 2022 Walter Cronkite helms the program, and news clips depict excited crowds, waving astronauts and a blastoff countdown. Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Feb. 2022 Billions over budget and years behind schedule, the James Webb Space Telescope is targeted for blastoff from the European Space Agency's Kourou, French Guiana, launch site at 7:20 a.m. EST Saturday atop an Ariane 5 rocket, weather permitting. William Harwood, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2021 The communications problem, which technicians were still troubleshooting as of this morning, has pushed Webb’s blastoff back a couple of days, to December 24. Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2021 Live footage showed the 154-foot rocket soaring into the air with bright yellow flames shooting out of its engines after blastoff at Naro Space Center, the country's lone spaceport, on a small island off its southern coast. Arkansas Online, 22 Oct. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1934, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1934, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
blastoff
noun
blast·off
ˈblast-ˌȯf
: an instance of taking off (as of a rocket)
blasted off
verb
as in took off
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- took off
- uplifted
- elevated
- zoomed
- ballooned
- boosted
- topped
- scaled
- upheaved
- upraised
- surmounted
- crested
- raised
- tipped
- tilted
- surged
- upthrusted
- thrust
- rose
- inclined
- towered
- listed
- leaned
- lifted
- mounted
- upreared
- upturned
- ascended
- reclined
- sloped
- climbed
- slanted
- arose
- soared
- aspired
- canted
- upped
- uprose
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- fell (off)
- dropped
- declined
- dipped
- descended
- plunged
- sunk
- slid
- plummeted
- sank
- dived
- dove
- nose-dived