Definition: causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin
Usage: 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
Similar words: destructive
Definition: causing destruction or much damage
Usage: a policy that is destructive to the economy; destructive criticism
Definition: unpleasantly loud and penetrating
Usage: the blaring noise of trumpets; shut our ears against the blasting music from his car radio
Similar words: loud
Definition: characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity
Usage: a group of loud children; loud thunder; her voice was too loud; loud trombones