Blasting
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Blasting is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of blast.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of blast.
More Meanings
- A planned explosion, as in mining.
- The act by which something is blasted, or blighted.
- (bodybuilding, slang) Administering full dosage of PEDs as opposed to lowering them during times of so-called cruising.
Example Sentences
The TV is blasting. Please turn it down!
But it was a different matter altogether when the blasting of the tunnel was commenced.
They showed signs of the blightings and blastings of time, in their outward aspect, but they were young within; young and cheerful, and ready to talk […]
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;
Word Forms
- blastings
Synonyms for blasting
Depending on context, synonyms include ruinous, blaring, loud, destructive.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ruinous, destructive, loud, blaring, explosive, explosion.
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