Join free

blasting

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

blasting¹

Where it comes from

From Middle English blastynge, equivalent to blast + -ing (present participle ending).

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of blast The TV is blasting. Please turn it down!

blasting²

Where it comes from

From Middle English blastyng, blastynge, equivalent to blast + -ing (gerundive ending).

noun blastings

  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;
  3. slang Administering full dosage of PEDs as opposed to lowering them during times of so-called cruising.

BLASTing³

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of BLAST

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ruinous, destructive, loud, blaring, explosive, explosion, exploding, burst, demolition, burglary, detonator, detonation, recurrence, bursting, advent, bombing

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"blasting." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/blasting. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

blasting. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/blasting

Chicago

"blasting." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/blasting.

BibTeX
@misc{blasting_2026,
  title = {blasting},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blasting},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}