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räjäyttää — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • blast noun An explosion, or the powerful rush of air and force it creates.
  • blow verb To produce a current of air, especially by expelling breath through the mouth.
  • burst verb To break open suddenly, often from internal pressure.
  • detonate verb To explode, or to make something explode.
  • explode verb To burst apart suddenly and violently, often with a loud noise.
  • set off phrasal verb To begin a journey or start out towards somewhere.

Senses

räjäyttää is used for these senses in English:

  • blast (transitive) To shatter, as if by an explosion.
  • blow (transitive, with "up", or, with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
  • blow (transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
  • burst (transitive) To cause to break from internal pressure.
  • burst (transitive, obsolete) To cause to break by any means.
  • detonate (transitive) To cause to explode.
  • explode (intransitive) To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.
  • set off (idiomatic, transitive) To begin; to cause; to initiate.

blast — full definition

  1. noun An explosion, or the powerful rush of air and force it creates.
  2. noun A sudden strong gust of wind or air.
  3. noun An extremely enjoyable time.
  4. verb To blow something up or break it apart with explosives.
  5. verb To play something, especially music, extremely loudly.

blow — full definition

  1. verb To produce a current of air, especially by expelling breath through the mouth.
  2. verb To explode or shatter suddenly, or to cause something to do so.
  3. verb (informal) To waste or squander, especially money or an opportunity.
  4. noun A hard hit or strike.
  5. noun A sudden shock or setback.

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