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blasting

verb

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from blastynge

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of blast

    • The TV is blasting. Please turn it down!

  2. A planned explosion, as in mining.

    • But it was a different matter altogether when the blasting of the tunnel was commenced.

  3. 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 […]
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Administering full dosage of PEDs as opposed to lowering them during times of so-called…

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

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for blasting. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA