BLAST OFF

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Launch with great force

Example:

the rockets were blasted off

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "blast off" is one way to...):

launch (propel with force)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

blastoff (the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination)