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blast out

B2 neutral separable transitive
In simple words

To play music or a sound extremely loudly, OR to blow or shoot something out with great force.

Literal meaning: To blast (expel with force) outward.

Meanings

1 B1 neutral

To play music or broadcast sound at extremely high volume.

"The DJ blasted out dance tracks all night and the neighbours called the police."

Grammar: separable
2 B2 neutral

To expel or remove something from a space using explosive or very powerful force.

"Workers used high-pressure water jets to blast out the debris from the pipe."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

Most commonly used for music or sound emerging loudly from speakers, radios, or instruments. The physical sense (blasting something out of a tunnel, etc.) is less common in everyday speech but appears in technical and news contexts. Very common in music journalism and informal descriptions of parties or events.

Commonly used with

music song message announcement speakers volume

Forms

Base
blast out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
blasts out
he/she/it
Past simple
blasted out
yesterday
Past participle
blasted out
have + pp
-ing form
blasting out
continuous

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