blasting

4 definitions • 9 examples

present participle of

to explode or destroy something or someone with explosives, or to break through or hit something with a similar, very strong force:

blast through An explosion blasted through the wall.

blast something into something They blasted tunnels into the side of the mountain.

He saw what he thought was a grizzly bear and blasted it with his rifle.

to make a very loud and unpleasant noise, or to make something do this:

blast (something) out We could hear music blasting out from his car.

On one side of the square, a group of young men were blasting out music on their sound system.

Loudspeakers blasted patriotic music.

He blasted his car horn aggressively.

to criticize someone or something severely:

The administration was blasted for failing to create jobs.

Recently she blasted what she described as a culture of exploitation in the fashion industry.