1. [informal] Expletive used informally as an intensifier
   "he's a blasted idiot";
   - blame [N. Amer, informal], blamed [informal], blessed [informal], damn [informal], damned [informal], darned [informal], deuced [informal], goddam [informal], goddamn [informal], goddamned [informal], infernal [informal], dashed [Brit, informal], doggone [N. Amer, informal]
    
2. Damaged or destroyed by an explosive force
   "The blasted ruins of the building remained"

1. Use explosives on
   "The enemy has been blasting us all day";
   - shell
    
2. Create by using explosives
   "blast a passage through the mountain";
   - shell
    
3. Make with or as if with an explosion
   "blast a tunnel through the Alps"
    
4. Hit with great force
   "He blasted a 3-run homer";
   - smash, nail, boom
    
5. Make a strident sound
   "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone";
   - blare
    
6. Blow a strong draft or wind
   "the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us"
    
7. Fire a shot; release
   "the gunman blasted away";
   - shoot
    
8. [informal] Criticize harshly or violently
   "The press blasted the new President";
   - savage, pillory, crucify
    
9. Shatter as if by explosion
   "The explosion knocked down the old building"; "The wrecking ball blasted through the wall"
    
10. Shrivel, wither or mature imperfectly
    "The drought blasted the crops"

See also: cursed, curst [archaic]

Type of: blow, bomb, bombard, create, criticise [Brit], criticize, cut, damn [informal], dash, discharge, fire, hit, knock [informal], make, make noise, noise, pick apart, resound, shrink, shrivel, shrivel up, smash, wither

Encyclopedia: Blasted