{
    "term": "blast",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an explosion or a powerful movement of air caused by an explosion",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a bomb blast"
                },
                {
                    "text": "27 people were injured in the blast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The blast ripped through the building."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["huge", "loud", "massive"],
                "verb + blast": ["survive", "cause"],
                "blast + verb": [
                    "hit something",
                    "rip through something",
                    "rock something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the blast"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a sudden strong movement of air",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A blast of hot air hit us as we stepped off the plane."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the wind’s icy blasts"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["hot", "icy"],
                "preposition": ["blast of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a sudden loud noise, especially one made by a musical instrument that you blow, or by a whistle or a car horn",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "three short blasts on the ship’s siren"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The driver opened the door letting out a blast of Bob Marley."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He gave a short blast on his trumpet."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["hot", "icy"],
                "preposition": ["blast of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "strong criticism",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Blast for prison governors in judge’s report."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a very happy experience that is a lot of fun",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The party was a blast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had a blast at the party."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a piece of advertising or information that is sent to a large number of people at the same time by email",
            "labels": "(North American English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They sent out email blasts and posted information on all their websites."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a person or thing from your past that you see, hear, meet, etc. again in the present",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "with the greatest possible volume or power",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She had the car stereo on at full blast."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/blɑːst/",
                "audio": "bl/blast/blast__gb_5.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/blæst/",
                "audio": "bl/blast/blast__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English blǣst, of Germanic origin; related to blaze ‘present news in a sensational manner’."
}