- present participle of blast.
blasting
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The 19-year-old Italian let the race settle down before remorselessly homing in on the Ferrari and blasting past Hamilton on the Hangar Straight on lap eight after strategically saving his battery charge.
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2026
The impact would have instantly excavated the crater while blasting huge volumes of rock, sediment, and seawater into the atmosphere.
From Science Daily • Jun. 30, 2026
But it ended with a bang with Eustáquio latching on to a loose ball at top of the box and blasting a right-footed volley just inside the left post.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2026
Sebastien Leas, a forecaster at France's weather service, likened it to a "vacuum cleaner, drawing in heat and masses of hot air rising from North Africa" and blasting it northward in a violent torrent.
From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026
Only once were we disturbed by blasting near us.
From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya
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