blasting

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).

“Blast right through it.”

To curse; to damn.

“Blast it! Foiled again.”

(sci-fi) To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).

“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.

“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.

“A cold wind blasted the rose plants.”

To be blighted or withered.

“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).

A planned explosion, as in mining.

The act by which something is blasted, or blighted.