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blast (something) off (something else)

to remove something from something else with a powerful charge, pressure, or force. They blasted the writing off the wall with a stream of sand. We will have to blast the paint off the wall.

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Officials said the rocket partially built by Russia would blast off late Wednesday afternoon, weather permitting, and put into orbit a South Korean-built 100-kilogram (220 pound) satellite. S.Korea counts down to first space rocket launch by AFP / AFP Asian Edition Officials said the rocket partially built by Russia would blast off late Wednesday afternoon, weather permitting, and put into orbit a South Korean-built 100-kilogram (220 pound) satellite. S.Korea counts down to first space rocket launch by AFP / AFP Global Edition Cdr Scott Altman, who is due to blast off with his crew from Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral, said: "It's a belt-and-braces approach. Dual launch for mission to telescope; SPACE by The Mirror (London, England)			black and blue black and white black as a skillet black as one is painted black eye black mark beside name black out black sheep of the family black-and-blue blackmail into doing blah, blah, blah blame blame for blame on blanch blanch at blanch with blanche blank blank check blank out blanket blanket with blast blast away blast off blast to kingdom come blaze blaze a trail blaze away blaze down blaze up blaze with bleach out bleed bleed dry bleed for bleed from bleed to death bleed white bleeding bleeding heart bleep out blend blend in blend into blend together bless Bless cotton socks bless heart Bless lucky star			Blast Field Generator Blast Flag blast form of erythremic myelosis blast freezer blast freezing Blast from the Past Blast from Your Past blast furnace blast furnace blast furnace Blast Furnace Smelting Blast furnaces Blast furnaces Blast gate Blast Grit Recovery Systems, Inc. blast heater Blast hole Blast hole Blast Impact and Survivability Research Unit blast injection blast injury Blast lamp Blast lamp Blast Leveling Everything Very Effectively blast line Blast Load Blast Lymphocyte Transformation Response Blast Mitigation Action Group Blast nozzle blast off blast orifice blast out Blast Overpressure Blast Phase Blast pipe blast pressure Blast Resistant Artillery Camouflage Screen Blast Resistant Modules Blast Resuscitation and Victim Assistance blast roasting Blast Test Missile Blast Test Vehicle Blast Theory blast to kingdom come Blast Transformation blast trauma Blast valve Blast wall blast wave blast wave blast wave diffraction Blast Welding blast(o)- blast- blast- blast- Blast-Design Criteria

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