'Blasting' definitions:

Definition of 'blasting'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin; "the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit"; "the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces"; "a ruinous war" [syn: blasting, ruinous]
adjective
Unpleasantly loud and penetrating; "the blaring noise of trumpets"; "shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio" [syn: blaring, blasting]

Definition of 'Blasting'

From: GCIDE
  • Blasting \Blast"ing\, n.
  • 1. A blast; destruction by a blast, or by some pernicious cause. [1913 Webster]
  • I have smitten you with blasting and mildew. --Amos iv. 9. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The act or process of one who, or that which, blasts; the business of one who blasts. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Blasting'

From: GCIDE
  • Blast \Blast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Blasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Blasting.]
  • 1. To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel. [1913 Webster]
  • Seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind. --Gen. xii. 6. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to blast pride, hopes, or character. [1913 Webster]
  • I'll cross it, though it blast me. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Blasted with excess of light. --T. Gray. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To confound by a loud blast or din. [1913 Webster]
  • Trumpeters, With brazen din blast you the city's ear. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'blasting'

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Words containing 'Blasting'