upblast

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verb

To blast upward.

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Meanings

verbupblast (third-person singular simple present upblasts, present participle upblasting, simple past and past participle upblasted)

present singular third person upblasts · participle present upblasting · participle past upblasted · past upblasted

  1. To blast upward.

    Outler had dashed some thirty feet when a shell upblasted mud and water in his face, and he slipped and toppled headforemost down a steep bank into a pond.

    1958, William T. Rochelle, Zareeba Purpose, page 105

Origin

From up- + blast.

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APA

upblast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upblast

MLA

“upblast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upblast. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “upblast,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/upblast.

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