upblast

English

Etymology

up- +‎ blast

Verb

upblast (third-person singular simple present upblasts, present participle upblasting, simple past and past participle upblasted)

1. To blast upward.
   • 1958, William T. Rochelle, Zareeba Purpose, page 105:

     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.