blasting
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Definitions ofblasting
- 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.
- To run a nucleotide sequence (for nucleic acids) or an amino acid sequence (for proteins) through a BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool).
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