Blast
Blast verb - To cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive.
Usage example: the highway engineers will have to blast that hill in order to put a road through here
Destroy is a synonym for blast in blight topic. In some cases you can use "Destroy" instead a verb "Blast", when it comes to topics like break up, blow up, explode.
Destroy
Destroy verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.
Usage example: their poor scores on the final exam destroyed any chance they might have had to pass the course
Blast is a synonym for destroy in demolish topic. Sometimes you can use "Blast" instead a verb "Destroy", if it concerns topics such as wreck.
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They will explode and destroy any other bubbles (or other bombs) in their blast radius, and then make two other blast radii to the lower-left and lower-right which do the same.
Source: Video Game / Pang - While a single Ion Cannon blast won't destroy the mission objective, it can destroy the firestorm generator protecting it.
Source: Contractual Boss Immunity - Beerus' final energy blast at Goku looks remarkably similar to the energy ball Frieza used to destroy Planet Vegeta.
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