" blasted "

1: deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure;

  * e.g., " ... that blasted car salesman cheated us "

•  Synonyms : 

•  accursed,

•  confounded,

•  cursed,

•  cussed,

•  damnable,

•  dang,

•  danged,

•  darn,

•  darned,

•  deuced,

•  doggone,

•  freaking,

•  infernal

•  Antonyms : 

•  sober,

•  straight

2: being under the influence of a recreational drug;

  * e.g., " ... the members of the rock band were all so blasted they could barely perform "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blitzed,

•  bombed,

•  high,

•  hopped-up,

•  loaded,

•  ripped,

•  spaced-out,

•  stoned,

•  strung out,

•  wasted,

•  wiped out,

•  zonked,

•  zonked-out

•  Antonyms : 

•  sober,

•  straight

3: being under the influence of alcohol;

  * e.g., " ... The old college chums recalled with embarrassment a night they got blasted. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  besotted,

•  blind,

•  blitzed,

•  blotto,

•  bombed,

•  boozy,

•  canned,

•  cockeyed,

•  crocked,

•  drunk,

•  drunken,

•  fried,

•  gassed,

•  hammered,

•  high,

•  impaired,

•  inebriate,

•  inebriated,

•  intoxicated,

•  juiced,

•  lit,

•  lit up,

•  loaded,

•  looped,

•  oiled,

•  pickled,

•  pie-eyed,

•  plastered,

•  potted,

•  ripped,

•  sloshed,

•  smashed,

•  sottish,

•  soused,

•  sozzled,

•  squiffed,

•  stewed,

•  stiff,

•  stinking,

•  stoned,

•  tanked,

•  tiddly,

•  tight,

•  tipsy,

•  wasted,

•  wet,

•  wiped out

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive;

  * e.g., " ... the highway engineers will have to blast that hill in order to put a road through here "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blew,

•  blew up,

•  burst,

•  demolished,

•  exploded,

•  popped,

•  shattered,

•  smashed

•  Antonyms : 

•  crawled,

•  crept,

•  poked

2: to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force;

  * e.g., " ... artillery that could blast cannonballs from hundreds of yards "

•  Synonyms : 

•  discharged,

•  fired,

•  loosed,

•  shot,

•  squeezed off

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force;

  * e.g., " ... the recruits were all blasting away at the target range "

•  Synonyms : 

•  discharged,

•  fired,

•  shot

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive;

  * e.g., " ... the highway engineers will have to blast that hill in order to put a road through here "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blow,

•  blow up,

•  burst,

•  demolish,

•  explode,

•  pop,

•  shatter,

•  smash

•  Antonyms : 

•  crawl,

•  creep,

•  poke

2: to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force;

  * e.g., " ... artillery that could blast cannonballs from hundreds of yards "

•  Synonyms : 

•  discharge,

•  fire,

•  loose,

•  shoot,

•  squeeze off

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force;

  * e.g., " ... the recruits were all blasting away at the target range "

•  Synonyms : 

•  discharge,

•  fire,

•  shoot

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in fired (at);

•  Synonyms : 

•  fired (at),

•  blazed,

•  peppered,

•  potshot,

•  sniped (at),

•  pistoled,

•  shotgunned,

•  blew away,

•  brought down,

•  dropped,

•  picked off,

•  shot down,

•  machine-gunned,

•  tommy-gunned,

•  drilled,

•  gunned,

•  plugged,

•  popped,

•  shot,

•  croaked,

•  destroyed,

•  did in,

•  dispatched,

•  felled,

•  iced,

•  killed,

•  slew,

•  annihilated,

•  blotted out,

•  butchered,

•  decimated,

•  massacred,

•  slaughtered,

•  wiped out

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in took off, zoomed;

•  Synonyms : 

•  ballooned,

•  took off,

•  zoomed,

•  boosted,

•  elevated,

•  raised,

•  upheaved,

•  uplifted,

•  upraised,

•  crested,

•  scaled,

•  surmounted,

•  topped,

•  surged,

•  towered,

•  canted,

•  inclined,

•  leaned,

•  listed,

•  reclined,

•  slanted,

•  sloped,

•  tilted,

•  tipped,

•  arose,

•  ascended,

•  aspired,

•  climbed,

•  lifted,

•  mounted,

•  rose,

•  soared,

•  thrust,

•  upped,

•  upreared,

•  uprose,

•  upthrusted,

•  upturned

•  Antonyms : 

•  declined,

•  descended,

•  dipped,

•  dropped,

•  fell (off),

•  plunged,

•  dived,

•  nose-dived,

•  plummeted,

•  sank,

•  slid