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blasting
noun 3
Collocations
5ADJ.
inside, loud, louder, outside, real
VERB + BLASTING
hear, heard, likes, saw, started
BLASTING + NOUN
locust, mildew, music
PREP.
from, in, in, on, out
ADV.
again, altogether, always, loudly, suddenly
Definitions
noun
1
A planned explosion, as in mining.
But it was a different matter altogether when the blasting of the tunnel was commenced.
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;
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 […]
3
Administering full dosage of PEDs as opposed to lowering them during times of so-called cruising.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — causing injury or blight
adjective — unpleasantly loud and penetrating
- blaring
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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But it was a different matter altogether when the blasting of the tunnel was commenced.
Wiktionary02
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 sic
Wiktionary03
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 […]
Wiktionary04
We saw laborers blasting rocks.
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Just what time do you think it is? You're bothering everyone in the neighborhood blasting your music this late, you know that?
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Tom has a blasting temper.
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