blasting | ||
1. | [ adjective ] causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin | |
Synonyms: | ruinous | |
Examples: | "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" |
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Related terms: | destructive | |
2. | [ adjective ] unpleasantly loud and penetrating | |
Synonyms: | blaring | |
Examples: | "the blaring noise of trumpets" "shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio" |
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Related terms: | loud | |
Similar spelling: |
blast Blaustein blustering blistering blastematic Blust blest bluestone blastemic blastodisc blaster blasted blastocyst bluestem blastula blastoma blastoff blastema |