blasts off
Departs the launchpad
Blasts off describes a rocket or spacecraft launching, rising on a column of fire and exhaust: The shuttle blasts off at dawn.
By extension, anything that departs suddenly or accelerates rapidly blasts off: She blasted off to her next meeting.
The noun is blastoff.
- liftoffMoment of ascent
- ascendMove upward
- shuttleShort-distance transport
- launchSet into motion
- takeoffDeparture or parody
NASA · sets out · shoot for the moon · ignition · all systems go · rocket launch · rocket · thrust · full throttle · countdown · momentum · booster · breakthrough · spacecraft · rising · sky high · astronaut · space race
launch vs. landing/descent
blasts offlands
Comes to ground
touches down · descends · comes down · crashes · reenters