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BLASTING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin

Example:

a ruinous war

Synonyms:

blasting; ruinous

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

destructive (causing destruction or much damage)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Unpleasantly loud and penetrating

Example:

shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio

Synonyms:

blaring; blasting

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

loud (characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb blast

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