blasters

3 definitions • 6 examples

a person whose job is to remove or destroy something by exploding it:

He did not have a licence to work as a crane operator or a blaster, according to the report.

An avalanche blaster must undergo three years of on-the-job training and take written exams.

a tool or object that can send out water, gas, air, etc. with a lot of force:

You can create a water blaster from a plastic tube.

They invented a carbon dioxide blaster that doctors can use to separate patients' organs during laparoscopic surgery.

a weapon in a science fiction story (= one about an imagined future) that can destroy solid objects:

The sound is like an asteroid blaster from an old video game.

They explored the planet, keeping their blasters ready in their hands.