Blast
Blast verb - To proceed or move quickly.
Usage example: rowdy teenagers blasting down the road in a sports car
Slow
Slow verb - To cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- By themselves they represent a risible threat, as their ranged attack is very slow and easily avoidable, they take ages to close to melee range and they go down with a single shotgun blast.
- They're slow to use and have a tiny blast radius.
Source: Scrappy Weapon - Techno Babble: "a quad matrix of googol-plactic memory co-processors" The Juggernaut: Warbeast There Is No Kill Like Overkill: In attempt to slow down the impending doom protagonists decide to trigger the fire alarm and close the blast doors all over the building.
Source: Film / Death Machine
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