at one blast
adv/ət wʌn ˈblɑːst/UK/ət wʌn ˈblæst/US
Etymology
From Middle English at one blaste.
- derived from at one blaste
Definitions
At once, at the same moment in time.
- [W]e can't without wonder remember that horrid Invention projected in this place, but thanks be to God diſappointed, wherein there was not Reverence to the ſacred Bones of Princes, but all were at one blaſt to be offer'd up to Moloch.
With one firing of a cannon or firearm
With one firing of a cannon or firearm; especially one whose ammunition is shotgun shot or grape shot, such that the multiple pieces of shot from one firing hit multiple birds or multiple soldiers.
- Cannon, charged with grape, laid the men as flat as a pavement, exactly as a mighty wind levels standing grain at one blast.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA