| n. | 1. | A blast; destruction by a blast, or by some pernicious cause. |
| 2. | The act or process of one who, or that which, blasts; the business of one who blasts. |
| Adj. | 1. | blasting - causing injury or blight; 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" Synonyms: ruinous |
| 2. | blasting - unpleasantly loud and penetrating; "the blaring noise of trumpets"; "shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio" Synonyms: blaring |