Meaning & use
Blastoff
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The moment a rocket or spacecraft launches from the ground, propelled upward by its engines.
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Engineers counted down the final seconds before blastoff.
Crowds gathered at the coast to watch the shuttle's blastoff.
A note on using this word
"Blastoff" entered common usage with the growth of the space program in the mid-20th century and is often written as one word, though "blast off" as a verb remains two words.
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