BLASTS OFF Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

blasts off

verb

present tense third-person singular of blast off

as in takes off

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Oviedo’s Camari Solomon takes the pitch from Sebastian Galeano, makes several guys miss and takes off for the 80 yard touchdown run.

— Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
Then Bill Eppridge, the photographer, went up, pointed to me, went into the plane, the door closed, and takes off into the night.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

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