Blast and Rate

Blast

Blast verb - To cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive.

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Rate and blast are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rate" instead a verb "Blast".

Nearby Words: blasted, blasting, blaster

Rate verb - To criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings.

Usage example: a tyrannical father who usually spent most of dinnertime rating his children on their alleged multitude of failings

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Blast and rate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Blast" instead a verb "Rate".

Nearby Words: rated, rateable, rater

good	good blast	good rate
full	full blast	full rate
similar	similar blast	similar rate
standard	standard blast	standard rate
Other adjectives: small, actual, massive, huge, quick, random, hourly.

As in, it drains some love from the universe, enough to up the divorce rate slightly with each blast.

Source: Person of Mass Destruction
When a patch greatly increased the fire rate in addition to lowering the metal consumed per blast, Engineers were suddenly running into battle, sometimes in packs, zapping the enemy team to death.

Source: Not the Intended Use
Compared to the previous game, it has a smaller blast radius, but a higher rate of fire.

Source: Video Game / Unreal Tournament III

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