Home › Words › U › upblastupblastupblast means to blast upward.EtymologyFrom up- + blast.verbTo blast upward.e.g.“Outler had dashed some thirty feet when a shell upblasted mud and water in his face, and he slipped and toppled headforemost down a steep bank into a pond.” — 1958, William T. Rochelle, Zareeba Purpose, page 105:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.upblowing 79% match — Blowing in an upward direction vs upblast →upblaze 73% match — To blaze or shoot up. vs upblast →upfling 68% match — To fling upward. vs upblast →upbreaking 67% match — The action of something that escapes or flies upward. vs upblast →upspread 66% match — To spread upward. vs upblast →beblast 66% match — To blast completely; wither up. vs upblast →superblast 65% match — An extremely intense, explosive blast. vs upblast →uprush 65% match — An upwards rush. vs upblast →