Blast
Blast verb - To cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive.
Open
Open verb - To change from a closed to an open position.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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The Indiana Jones character wants to travel the globe to solve the riddles and open the door to the Fountain of Youth but the financier backing him points out that they can just use explosives to blast it open instead.
Source: Adventurer Archaeologist -
The plan for getting the vault car open in "The Bomb: Forest" is the same as the safe in Counterfeit: fill it with water, then blast it open with C4.
Source: Video Game / PAYDAY 2 -
However when Axel tries the surprise energy blast, Kyosuke reacts faster than he expects to interrupt it and then open fire on the wide open Axel, as regular Kyosuke turns out to be more skilled fighter than his alternate self since he has no Einst power to rely on.
Source: Fearful Symmetry
Cite this Source
Open and Blast. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/blast/open
Blast & Open. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/blast/open>.
Open or Blast. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/blast/open.
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