blast away

verb

To destroy by blasting with explosives.

“They were blasting away at each other for 10 minutes before the shooting died down.”

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Meanings

verbblast away (third-person singular simple present blasts away, present participle blasting away, simple past and past participle blasted away)

present singular third person blasts away · participle present blasting away · participle past blasted away · past blasted away

  1. transitiveTo destroy by blasting with explosives.
  2. intransitiveusuallyTo continue shooting rapidly.

    They were blasting away at each other for 10 minutes before the shooting died down.

    1 more example

    Three more heavy cruisers from further down the Japanese line begin to blast away at the now-disabled Gambier Bay.

    2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 27:15 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022
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APA

blast away. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blast%20away

MLA

“blast away.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blast%20away. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blast away,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blast%20away.

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