Making and creating

Synonyms for blast

Two senses of blast live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · verb · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2verbTier 1, FoothillsMaking and creating

create by using explosives

Blast a passage through the mountain.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

shell

Same sentence, swapped: Shell a passage through the mountain.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for blast as it is used in the sentence above.

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crucify
realise

Sense 2 of 2verbTier 3, RidgelinePerception

make a strident sound

She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

blare

Same sentence, swapped: She tended to blare when speaking into a microphone.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for blast as it is used in the sentence above.

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shell
racket

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Closest first: other making and creating words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

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