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blast 'em up

blast 'em up noun: a shoot 'em up video game.

Noun

blast 'em up (plural blast 'em ups)

  1. A shoot 'em up video game.
    • As destruction games go, Silkworm is fine. It's definitely a bit easy (I completed it after a dozen goes), but if you find the normal level of blast-'em-ups too difficult, this one should be rewarding. The two-player option is brilliant (one takes control of the jeep and the other the helicopter)...1989, "Silkworm" (video game review) in Crash (issue 66, pages 24-25)

Forms of blast 'em up

pluralblast 'em ups

Questions about blast 'em up

What does blast 'em up mean?
Blast 'em up means a shoot 'em up video game.
What part of speech is blast 'em up?
Blast 'em up is a noun.
What is the plural of blast 'em up?
The plural of blast 'em up is blast 'em ups.

Words near blast 'em up in the dictionary

  1. blasphemousness
  2. blasphemy
  3. Blassingame
  4. Blassingames
  5. blast
  6. blast 'em up
  7. blast 'em ups
  8. blast away
  9. blast beat
  10. blast beats
  11. blast cell

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