1. (

• blast ,
• blare ,

) make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone" ;

2. (

• smash ,
• nail ,
• boom ,
• blast

) hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" ;

3. (

• blast ,
• shell

) use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day" ;

4. (

• blast ,

) apply a draft or strong wind to to; "the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us" ;

5. (

• blast ,
• shell

) create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain" ;

6. (

• blast ,

) make with or as if with an explosion; "blast a tunnel through the Alps" ;

7. (

• blast ,
• shoot

) fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away" ;

8. (

• savage ,
• blast ,
• pillory ,
• crucify ,

) criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage" ;

9. (

• blast ,
• knock_down

) shatter as if by explosion ;

10. (

• blast ,

) shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly ;

1. (

• blasting ,
• ruinous

) 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" ;

2. (

• blaring ,
• blasting

) unpleasantly loud and penetrating; "the blaring noise of trumpets"; "shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio" ;