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blast | spellfire |

As a verb blast

is .

As a noun spellfire is

(fantasy) the exchange of shots or explosive blasts of spells (from a wand, staff, etc) as in magical combat.

blast

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) from (etyl) . More at blow.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (senseid)A violent gust of wind.
  • * Thomson
    • And see where surly Winter passes off, / Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts'; / His ' blasts obey, and quit the howling hill.
  • A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.
  • * 1957 , H.R. Schubert, History of the British Iron and Steel Industry , p. 146:
    • Blast was produced by bellows worked by four 'blowers', three of whom worked at a time while the fourth stood ready to replace one of the others.
  • The exhaust steam from an engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.
  • An explosion, especially for the purpose of destroying a mass of rock, etc.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, author=
    • , title=Internal Combustion , chapter=1 citation , passage=Blast' after ' blast , fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,
  • An explosive charge for blasting.
  • * Tomlinson
    • Large blasts are often used.
  • A loud, sudden sound.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • One blast upon his bugle horn / Were worth a thousand men.
  • * Bryant
    • the blast of triumph o'er thy grave
  • * 1884 : (Mark Twain), (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), Chapter VIII
    • Then the captain sung out "Stand away!" and the cannon let off such a blast right before me that it made me deef with the noise and pretty near blind with the smoke, and I judged I was gone.
  • A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
  • * Bible, Job iv. 9
    • By the blast of God they perish.
  • * Shakespeare
    • virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast
  • (figuratively, informal) A good time; an enjoyable moment.
    • We had a blast at the party last night.
  • (marketing) A promotional message sent to an entire mailing list.
    • an e-mail blast'''; a fax '''blast
  • A flatulent disease of sheep.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To confound by a loud blast or din.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Trumpeters, / With brazen din blast you the city's ear.
  • To make a loud noise.
  • To shatter, as if by an explosion.
  • To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
    • Blast right through it.
  • To curse; to damn.
    • Blast it! Foiled again.
  • (sci-fi) To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).
    • Chewbacca blasted the Stormtroopers with his laser rifle.
  • (soccer) To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2010
    • , date=December 29 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=A Ricketts and Stuart Holden one-two around the box then created a decent chance for an almost instant equaliser - but Welsh full-back Ricketts blasted over when a calmer finish could have been rewarded.}}
  • To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.
    • My manager suddenly blasted me yesterday for being a little late to work for five days in a row, because I was never getting myself up on time.
  • To blight or wither.
    • A cold wind blasted the rose plants.
  • (obsolete) To be blighted or withered.
    • The bud blasted in the blossom.
  • (obsolete) To blow, as on a trumpet.
  • * Chaucer
    • Toke his blake trumpe faste / And gan to puffen and to blaste .
    Derived terms
    * blaster * blastworthy * ghetto blaster, ghettoblaster * sandblast

    Interjection

    (en interjection)
  • Blast it; damn it.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (cytology) An immature or undifferentiated cell (e.g., lymphoblast, myeloblast).
    • Derived terms
    * blast cell * blastocyte * blastoma

    Anagrams

    * ----

    spellfire

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • (fantasy) The exchange of shots or explosive blasts of spells (from a wand, staff, etc.) as in magical combat.
  • * 1995 , Lucy Sussex, Judith Raphael Buckrich, She's fantastical (page 191)
    • Just the tiniest speck of spellfire pushed into his palm.
  • * 2001 , Sean K. Reynolds, Angel Leigh McCoy, Duane Maxwell, Magic of Faerun
    • She gains one level of spellfire energy for every spell level absorbed and can store a number of spellfire energy levels equal to her Constitution.
  • * 2009 , Laura Anne Gilman, Flesh and Fire (page 370)
    • Jerzy watched the two of them, coming to Agreement over the flickering tendrils of spellfire , and felt something twist in his gut.

    See also

    * gunfire * spellwork * spellcraft * spell model * spell formula