Blastoff and Splashdown

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Blastoff noun - A rising from a surface at the start of a flight (as of a rocket).

Usage example: the mission was scrubbed just minutes before blastoff

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Splashdown is an antonym for blastoff.

Splashdown noun - A landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight.

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Blastoff is an antonym for splashdown.

Nearby Word: splash

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Splashdown and Blastoff. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 12, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/blastoff/splashdown

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