• ttbc Italian: far esplodere (2), far brillare! (2)

Interjection

blast

1. Blast it; damn it.

Derived terms

• blaster
• ghetto blaster, ghettoblaster

Etymology 2

From Greek βλαστός(blastos) meaning "germ or sprout".

Noun

blast

1. An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).

Derived terms

• blast cell

Swedish

Noun

blast (definite form blasten)

1. The stem and leaves of a vegetable, of which you're only supposed to eat the root. E.g. in potatoes or carrots.

A blast is an explosion. Blast can also refer to:

Entertainment:

• BBC Blast, a programme, website and tour for 13 - 19 year olds getting creative
• Blast (venue), an Irish concert organiser for alternative music groups
• Blast (1997 film), starring Linden Ashby
• Blast (2000 film), starring Liesel Matthews
• Blast First, a record label
• The Blast (song), a single from the album Train of Thought by Reflection Eternal
• Bl'ast, a California hardcore punk band

Technology:

• BLAST, Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, an algorithm used in bioinformatics
• BLAST (telescope), Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope
• BLAST model checker, Berkeley Lazy Abstraction Software verification Tool, a software model checker based on lazy abstraction

Other:

• BLAST (journal), the journal of the Vorticism movement, published in 1914 and 1915
• blast disease, a disease of cereal crops
• Hrimthurs, a figure from Norse mythology

See also

• Blast!

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