blast

And see where surly Winter passes off, / Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts; / His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill.

many tons of iron were melted at a blast

Blast after blast, fiery outbreak after fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,[…]most of Edison's grounds soon became an inferno. As though on an incendiary rampage, the fires systematically devoured the contents of Edison's headquarters and facilities.

Large blasts are often used.

One blast upon his bugle horn / Were worth a thousand men.

By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

We had a blast at the party last night.

an e-mail blast; a fax blast