adjective
causing injury or blight
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- 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
adjective
unpleasantly loud and penetrating
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- the blaring noise of trumpets
- shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio
verb
make a strident sound
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- She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone
verb
hit hard
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- He smashed a 3-run homer
verb
use explosives on
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- The enemy has been shelling us all day
verb
apply a draft or strong wind to to
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- the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us
verb
create by using explosives
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- blast a passage through the mountain
verb
make with or as if with an explosion
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- blast a tunnel through the Alps
verb
fire a shot
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- the gunman blasted away
verb
criticize harshly or violently
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- The press savaged the new President
- The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage
verb
shatter as if by explosion
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verb
shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly
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