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"

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"

Related terms

loud

*

Rhymes with

lasting everlasting casting fasting slanting planting listing recasting contrasting transplanting supplanting ousting lighting batting sting enlisting acting costing rusting devastating forecasting biting broadcasting bursting boasting clotting slighting frosting trusting siting citing sighting thrusting letting balloting flaunting persisting disgusting exhausting insisting testing bunting outing spouting spotting sitting setting seating matting pulsating looting feasting uninteresting toasting harvesting wasting roasting tasting interesting posting arresting putting doubting panting salting scouting sorting taunting vaulting protesting investing highlighting piloting accenting abutting bullfighting frustrating twisting abducting halting baiting beating ting boating betting writing yachting whiting fighting rotting cutting starting ranting protesting plating belting floating fleeting flirting gloating preexisting existing coexisting shutting shouting jutting parachuting offsetting chanting enchanting collecting reflecting unrelenting parting daunting darting bloodletting exalting outfitting asserting upsetting insulting drafting resulting grafting splitting elating alerting glinting interesting sprouting sporting courting counting buffeting mounting limiting wanting carting exacting babysitting complicating disconcerting validating offsetting lactating debilitating invalidating relegating delegating inhibiting spurting spitting shooting sheeting diluting completing conflicting hunting whiting haunting prompting corrupting erupting squatting populating weightlifting somersaulting snorting penetrating assimilating smarting circulating oscillating titillating exhilarating shoplifting vacillating accelerating legislating calculating isolating uplifting contacting deregulating regulating grunting humiliating stimulating eating conducting importing exporting updating departing supporting reporting imparting dieting editing

Phonetic and Homophones

B L AE1 S T IH0 NG

Similar Spelling

blast Blaustein blustering blistering blastematic Blust blest bluestone blastemic blastodisc blaster blasted blastocyst bluestem blastula blastoma blastoff blastema

To share this definition click "text" (Facebook, Twitter) or "link" (blog, mail) then paste
text link