Definition of blasting Blasting

/blæˈstɪŋ/ - [blasting] - blast•ing

We found 9 definitions of blasting from 5 different sources.

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What does blasting mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

blasting - 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"
  ruinous
blasting - unpleasantly loud and penetrating; "the blaring noise of trumpets"; "shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio"
  blaring
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • blasting (Noun)
    A planned explosion, as in mining.
  • blasting (Verb)
    Present participle of blast.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • blasting (p. pr. & vb. n.)
    of Blast
  • blasting (n.)
    A blast; destruction by a blast, or by some pernicious cause.
  • blasting (n.)
    The act or process of one who, or that which, blasts; the business of one who blasts.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

  • blasting
    The displacement of earth or rock by the use of an explosive. One of the most important parts of the art of mining in its various branches of tunneling, shaft-boring, well-digging, submarine mining, etc. The explosive is ordinarily placed in a bore hole, but in submarine mining this is sometimes dispensed with when a high explosive like nitro-glycerine is used.

Part of speech

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  • blasting, verb, gerund of blast (infinitive).

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