blasting

verb

1
To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.
2
To make a loud noise.
3
To shatter, as if by an explosion.
4
To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).
“Blast right through it.”
5
To curse; to damn.
“Blast it! Foiled again.”
6
(sci-fi) To shoot, especially with an energy weapon (as opposed to one which fires projectiles).
“Chewbacca blasted the Stormtroopers with his laser rifle.”
7
To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.
8
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.”
9
To blight or wither.
“A cold wind blasted the rose plants.”
10
To be blighted or withered.
“The bud blasted in the blossom.”
11
To blow, for example on a trumpet.

1
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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