Blasting

noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A planned explosion, as in mining.

    "But it was a different matter altogether when the blasting of the tunnel was commenced."

  2. 2
    The act by which something is blasted, or blighted.

    "If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller: if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities, whatsoeuer plague, whatsoeuer sicknes there be;"

  3. 3
    Administering full dosage of PEDs as opposed to lowering them during times of so-called cruising. slang
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of blast form-of, gerund, participle, present

    "The TV is blasting. Please turn it down!"

  2. 2
    present participle and gerund of BLAST form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin wordnet
  2. 2
    unpleasantly loud and penetrating wordnet

Synonyms

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blaringatmosphericsbangingblaringblind spotbursting

Antonyms

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quiet

Example

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"We saw laborers blasting rocks."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English blastynge, equivalent to blast + -ing (present participle ending).

Etymology 2

From Middle English blastyng, blastynge, equivalent to blast + -ing (gerundive ending).

Related phrases

abrasive blastingblasting cap

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