®: The movie was blasted by all the critics.

►                 HIT/KICK ff; M 4 [VN] (informal) to hit or kick sb/sth

with a lot of force Mfl;  He blasted the ball past

the goalie, fik A P ^ ^ II ii 7 ^ H in 0 0 He blasted the policeman right between the eyes.

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►                 AIR/WATER 7 'i; /X 5 [VN] to direct air, water, etc. at sb/sth with a lot of force (p]-- ®nX; ( fflzjc )

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►                 DESTROY WITH DISEASE, ETC {£§£ }*& hk i 6 [VN] [usually

passive] to destroy sth such as a plant with disease, cold, heat, etc. ) $7^ ( J&M®.     ) :

Their whole crop had been blasted by a late frost.

8-J;i:*Ti .blast a'way if a gun or sb using a gun blasts away, the gun fires continuously and loudly jfeltdj .blast 'off (of spacecraft 7WAI&) to leave the ground A if f\ $ 03E3 lift off, take off — related noun BLAST-OFF

» exclamation (informal, especially BrE) people sometimes say Blast! when they are annoyed about sth (

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blast ed /'bla:stid; NAmE 'blaes-/ adj. [only before noun] (,informal) used when you are very annoyed about sth ( + Make your own

blasted coffee!

'blast furnace noun a large structure like an oven in which iron ore (= rock containing iron) is melted in order to take out the metal (      ) M'lP,

'blast-off noun [U] the moment when a spacecraft leaves the ground (         ) kit,

bla tant /'bleitnt/ adj. (disapproving) (of actions that are considered bad fFffttTA) done in an obvious and open way without caring if people are shocked BJ g          ;

Kl ESDI flagrant: a blatant attempt to buy votes O It was a blatant lie.

m o ► blatantly adv.: a blatantly unfair decision BJ & O He just blatantly lied about it. jifeftilLJk

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blather /‘blaeQ0(r)/ (also bleth-er /'ble5a(r)/) verb [V] ~ (on) (about sth) (informal, especially BrE) to talk continuously about things that are silly or unimportant $83 ► blather (also blether) noun [u] blax-ploit ation /.blaeksploTteffn/ noun [u] the use of black people in films/movies, especially in a way which shows them in fixed ways that are different from real

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blaze /bleiz/ verb, noun

■ verb 1 [V] to burn brightly and strongly M fit :

A huge fire was blazing in the fireplace.        A^flE

0£o o Within minutes the whole building was blazing, 7 M    — ttAifo 0 He rushed back

into the blazing house. ffeXiS®,

2 [V] to shine brightly jX] M; % ft it:       The sun blazed

down from a clear blue sky. )!f     A

$ ’X MltTAo o The garden blazed with colour. M 3 [V] ~ (with sth) {formal) if sb’s eyes blaze, they look extremely angry M       A ) ^  :

Her eyes were blazing with fury. A0

4 (also blazon) [VN] [usually passive] ~ sth (across/ail over sth) to make news or information widely known by telling people about it in a way they are sure to notice A ^ m. ® :   The story was blazed all over the daily

papers.       „ 5 ~ (away)

if a gun or sb using a gun blazes, the gun fires continuously H It : In the distance machine guns were blazing.    blaze a

trail to be the first to do or to discover sth that others follow          §5A: The department is blazing a

trail in the field of laser surgery, IP D IE# A & A f4 ¥ €5 $ £F — frfrg o — compare trailblazer — more at gun n. biiliiii .blaze 'up 1 to suddenly start burning very strongly ( ^ £* ) fig fit 4$   ® A

2 to suddenly become very angry