at one blast UK /ət wʌn ˈblɑːst/US /ət wʌn ˈblæst/ adverb2 •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. — 1898 •(figurative) At once, at the same moment in time.