Blast or The Blast may refer to:
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Explosion
An explosion is a rapid expansion in volume of a given amount of matter associated with an extreme outward release of energy, usually with the generation of high temperatures and release of high-pressure gases. Explosions may also be generated ...
, a rapid increase in volume and release of energy in an extreme manner
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Detonation
Detonation () is a type of combustion involving a supersonic exothermic front accelerating through a medium that eventually drives a shock front propagating directly in front of it. Detonations propagate supersonically through shock waves with ...
, an exothermic front accelerating through a medium that eventually drives a shock front
*A planned explosion in a
mine,
quarry
A quarry is a type of open-pit mining, open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock (geology), rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some juri ...
or other situation in order to fragment rock
Film
* ''Blast'' (1997 film), starring
Andrew Divoff
* ''Blast'' (2000 film), starring
Liesel Matthews
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''Blast'' (2004 film), an action comedy film
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''Blast!'' (1972 film) or ''The Final Comedown'', an American drama
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''BLAST!'' (2008 film), a documentary about the BLAST telescope
* ''
A Blast'', a 2014 film directed by Syllas Tzoumerkas
Magazines
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''Blast'' (British magazine), a 1914–15 literary magazine of the Vorticist movement
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''Blast'' (U.S. magazine), a 1933–34 American short-story magazine
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''The Blast'' (magazine), a 1916–17 American anarchist periodical
Music
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Blast (American band), a hardcore punk band
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Blast (Russian band), an indie band
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Blxst, an American rapper
* Blast, a Danish band with which
Hanne Boel performed
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''Blast'' (album), by Holly Johnson, 1989
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''The Blast'' (album), by Yuvan Shankar Raja, 1999
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"The Blast" (song), by Reflection Eternal, 2001
* "Blast", a song by
Momoiro Clover Z
is a Japanese idol girl group, commonly abbreviated as MCZ or .
The four members of MCZ are known for energetic performances, incorporating elements of ballet, gymnastics, and action movies.
MCZ is notable for being the first female group to ho ...
, 2017
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Blast beat, a type of drum beat
Science and technology
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BLAST (protocol), file transfer software
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BLAST (telescope), Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope
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BLAST (biotechnology)
In bioinformatics, BLAST (basic local alignment search tool) is an algorithm and program for comparing Primary structure, primary biological sequence information, such as the amino acid, amino-acid sequences of proteins or the nucleotides of DNA ...
, Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, an algorithm used in bioinformatics
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Blast cell or precursor cell, in cytology, a type of partially differentiated, usually unipotent cell
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Blast disease, a disease of cereal crops
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Blast injury, a complex type of physical trauma resulting from direct or indirect exposure to an explosion
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BLAST network, a proposed rapid transit system for Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Bell Laboratories Layered Space-Time, a transceiver architecture
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FreeX Blast, a German paraglider design
Other
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''Blast!'' (comics), a 1991 British comic
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''Blast!'' (musical), a 2001 Broadway musical
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Blast! Entertainment, a defunct video game developer and publisher
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C. L. Blast (1934–2016), recording name of Clarence Lewis
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Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust
* Bus Line Service of Turlock (BLAST), the former name for the public bus service operated by
Turlock Transit in Turlock, California, US
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Blast Premier, a ''Counter-Strike'' esports league
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Blast TV, a Philippine Internet-based TV and streaming service
See also
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Blaster (disambiguation)
*
Blasting (disambiguation) Blasting may refer to:
* Abrasive blasting
Sandblasting, sometimes known as abrasive blasting, is the operation of forcibly propelling a stream of abrasive material against a surface under high pressure to smooth a rough surface, roughen a s ...
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Blast Off (disambiguation)
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