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blasting


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  blast 
 
  1  of  3  senses  of  blast 
 
  Sense  3 
  blast,  strafe,  shell 
  =>  crump 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  blast 
 
  1  of  3  senses  of  blast 
 
  Sense  3 
  blast,  strafe,  shell 
  =>  crump 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  blast 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  blast 
 
  3  senses  of  blast 
 
  Sense  1 
  blast,  blare 
  =>  make  noise,  resound,  noise 
 
  Sense  2 
  smash,  nail,  boom,  blast 
  =>  hit 
 
  Sense  3 
  blast,  strafe,  shell 
  =>  bombard,  bomb 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  blast 
 
  blast  used  as  a  verb  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  3) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  blast 
 
  Sense  1 
  blast,  blare 
  =>  make  noise,  resound,  noise 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  smash,  nail,  boom,  blast 
  =>  hit 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  3 
  blast,  strafe,  shell 
  =>  bombard,  bomb 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  blasting 
  blasting  cap 
  blasting  gelatin 
 
  Overview  of  verb  blast 
 
  The  verb  blast  has  3  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  blast,  blare  --  (make  a  strident  sound;  "She  tended  to  blast  when  speaking  into  a  microphone") 
  2.  (2)  smash,  nail,  boom,  blast  --  (hit  hard;  "He  smashed  a  3-run  homer") 
  3.  (1)  blast,  strafe,  shell  --  (use  explosives  on  "The  enemy  has  been  shelling  us  all  day") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  blasting 
 
  The  adj  blasting  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (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") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  blasting 
 
  2  senses  of  blasting 
 
  Sense  1 
  blasting,  ruinous 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  destructive)  ->  constructive 
 
  Sense  2 
  blaring,  blasting 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  loud)  ->  soft 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  blasting 
 
  2  senses  of  blasting 
 
  Sense  1 
  blasting,  ruinous 
  =>  destructive  (vs.  constructive) 
 
  Sense  2 
  blaring,  blasting 
  =>  loud  (vs.  soft) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  blasting 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  blasting 
 
  blasting  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  blasting 
  blasting 
 
  Overview  of  verb  blast 
 
  The  verb  blast  has  3  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  blast,  blare  --  (make  a  strident  sound;  "She  tended  to  blast  when  speaking  into  a  microphone") 
  2.  (2)  smash,  nail,  boom,  blast  --  (hit  hard;  "He  smashed  a  3-run  homer") 
  3.  (1)  blast,  strafe,  shell  --  (use  explosives  on  "The  enemy  has  been  shelling  us  all  day") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  blasting 
 
  The  adj  blasting  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (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") 



blasting definition