blastoff

[ blast-awf, -of, blahst- ]
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nounAerospace.
  1. the launching of a rocket, guided missile, or spacecraft.

Origin of blastoff

1
First recorded in 1950–55; noun use of verb phrase blast off

Words Nearby blastoff

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How to use blastoff in a sentence

  • The blastoff tickets had also been purchased—for June tenth.

    The Planet Strappers | Raymond Zinke Gallun
  • Ramsey was saying softly: “Fifty-three, fifty-four, fifty-five, fifty-six … blastoff!”

    Equation of Doom | Gerald Vance
  • They went inside swiftly and in a very few minutes prepared the thousand-tonner for blastoff.

    Equation of Doom | Gerald Vance
  • The co-ordinator will hold up blastoff if we don't get off in three minutes, and Operations will scream.

    The Door Through Space | Marion Zimmer Bradley
  • She had been busy since blastoff, testing the computers, checking and rechecking them, being overly efficient.

    The Judas Valley | Gerald Vance

British Dictionary definitions for blastoff

blastoff

/ (ˈblɑːstˌɒf) /


noun
  1. the launching of a rocket under its own power

  2. the time at which this occurs

verbblast off
  1. (adverb; when tr, usually passive) (of a rocket, spacemen, etc) to be launched

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Other Idioms and Phrases with blastoff

blastoff

Also, blast away. Take off or be launched, especially into space, as in They're scheduled to blast off on Tuesday. This usage originated with the development of powerful rockets, spacecraft, and astronauts, to all of which it was applied. [c. 1950]

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