"blasting" in the verb sense

1. blast, blare

make a strident sound

"She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone"

2. smash, nail, boom, blast

hit hard

"He smashed a 3-run homer"

3. blast, shell

use explosives on

"The enemy has been shelling us all day"

4. blast

apply a draft or strong wind to to

"the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us"

5. blast, shell

create by using explosives

"blast a passage through the mountain"

6. blast

make with or as if with an explosion

"blast a tunnel through the Alps"

7. blast, shoot

fire a shot

"the gunman blasted away"

8. savage, blast, pillory, crucify

criticize harshly or violently

"The press savaged the new President"

"The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

9. blast, knock down

shatter as if by explosion

10. blast

shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly

"blasting" in the adjective sense

1. blasting, ruinous

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"

2. blaring, blasting

unpleasantly loud and penetrating

"the blaring noise of trumpets"

"shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio"

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