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Antonyms for blasting

Grammar : Verb
Spell : blast, blahst
Phonetic Transcription : blæst, blɑst

Definition of blasting

Origin :
  • Old English blæst "blowing, breeze, puff of wind," from Proto-Germanic *bles- (cf. Old Norse blastr, Old High German blast "a blowing, blast," German blasen, Gothic blesan "to blow"), from PIE *bhle- "to blow," probably a variant of root *bhel- (2) "to blow, inflate, swell" (see bole).
  • Meaning "explosion" is from 1630s; that of "noisy party, good time" is from 1953, American English slang. Sense of "strong current of air for iron-smelting" (1690s) led to blast furnace and transferred sense in full blast "the extreme" (1839). Blast was the usual word for "a smoke of tobacco" c.1600.
  • verb explode
  • verb lambaste; defeat mentally
Example sentences :
  • Bouriette had been injured by an explosion during some blasting operations.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • The blasting tubes were on the bottom, and could not be shifted to the top.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various
  • "We shall have to be on our guard when we go to blasting," answered his parent.
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys on Treasure Isle » by Edward Stratemeyer (AKA Arthur M. Winfield)
  • Here, myrtles grow, and fear no blasting north, or blighting east.
  • Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • They were laughing, thinking of the fortunes there would be here when blasting begun.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1917 » by Various
  • This was before the blasting, and it was the first marriage on Mushrat.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1917 » by Various
  • Now it was not many days after this that the blasting was begun on Mushrat.
  • Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1917 » by Various
  • Blocks of slate are loosened by blasting, and are taken to the splitting-shed.
  • Extract from : « Diggers in the Earth » by Eva March Tappan
  • Get through into that stope with your fuse, man; I'll hand you the blasting stuff.
  • Extract from : « The La Chance Mine Mystery » by Susan Carleton Jones
  • The only thing they could try now was blasting their way into the Bridge.
  • Extract from : « Greylorn » by John Keith Laumer

Synonyms for blasting

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