Associations to the word «Blasting»

Wiktionary

BLASTING, verb. Present participle of blast
BLASTING, noun. A planned explosion, as in mining.
BLASTING, noun. The act by which something is blasted, or blighted.
BLASTING OFF, verb. Present participle of blast off

Dictionary definition

BLASTING, 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".
BLASTING, adjective. Unpleasantly loud and penetrating; "the blaring noise of trumpets"; "shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats