Blasting means making a loud noise, usually with explosives or special equipment. It's often used for digging holes or breaking up rocks.
When people talk about blasting, they usually mean using heavy machinery to break through hard surfaces. For example, if you're watching a construction site on TV, you might see them use blasting to dig tunnels or make way for new buildings. They also use blasting in mines and quarries to extract minerals and stones from the ground. Sometimes, they even blast rocks apart to create roads or highways. The sound of blasting can be very loud, so people usually wear protective gear when working with it.
How common is "blasting"?
Word blasting is considered rare in modern English. It has a balanced usage among all categories: speech, fiction, newspapers and academic texts.
Definitions
verb
To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.
To make a loud noise.
To shatter, as if by an explosion.
To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
Example: Blast right through it.
To curse; to damn.
Example: Blast it! Foiled again.
(sci-fi) To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).
Example: Chewbacca blasted the Stormtroopers with his laser rifle.
To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
To criticize or reprimand severely; to verbally discipline or punish.
Example: My manager suddenly blasted me yesterday for being a little late to work for five days in a row, because I was never getting myself up on time.
To blight or wither.
Example: A cold wind blasted the rose plants.
To be blighted or withered.
Example: The bud blasted in the blossom.
To blow, for example on a trumpet.
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verb
To run a nucleotide sequence (for nucleic acids) or an amino acid sequence (for proteins) through a BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool).