Subjected to an explosion.
blasted
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for blasted.
Editorial note
At what point would you personally be comfortable if your inbox was being blasted with threats of violence?
Quick take
Subjected to an explosion.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of blasted gathered in one view.
Subjected to violent gusts of wind; storm-damaged.
(slang) Intoxicated, drunk.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for blasted.
adjective
Subjected to an explosion.
See also: desolate, infernal, everlasting, damn, blessed
adjective
Subjected to violent gusts of wind; storm-damaged.
See also: desolate, infernal, everlasting, damn, blessed
adjective
(slang) Intoxicated, drunk.
See also: desolate, infernal, everlasting, damn, blessed
adverb
(colloquial) Damned; extremely.
See also: desolate, infernal, everlasting, damn, blessed
Example sentences
At what point would you personally be comfortable if your inbox was being blasted with threats of violence?
Unless your post is blasted into oblivion it could just as well be fat-fingering an upvote on mobile.
Amazon blasted out an email to early users a few days ago soliciting reviews so that could explain it.
Ask for invites to their sales and tech conferences (you get blasted with these all the time once you're working).
The tugboat operators will be none too pleased when they get blasted with a water cannon.
The Moon's surface is already being blasted with solar radiation from solar wind and flares.
Dick Cheney blasted a colleague right in the face and the guy was able to apologize for getting shot the next day.
Oh, and it blows to copy-and-paste code into one of those blasted chat programs...
Every year my vineyard is blasted by idiots growing corn or soy (farmed by subcontracts of leases off my neighbours land, nice and hands off).
When I put in my 2 weeks notice, I got blasted and put my founders and fellow engineers in a tough spot.
I don't particularly see why they should get a free pass when a smaller site would get blasted for having a paywall.
And no matter how I beat the code, no matter how I fixed one bug, some other blasted corner case popped out.
Quote examples
Life at a university doesn't involve dodging "pro rape" speeches blasted over the PA system multiple times a day.
I've tried to "get started" but they blasted me with pay up and sign up screen without showing a detailed list of all features available via the API.
I then blasted an eMail all over G-d's Creation that pointed out that "The United States Air Force isn't going to want to pay seventy million dollars for this." Their reply?
But doing it on the open highway with unaware third parties driving past, merely telling the test guinea pig "not to lose control" while being blasted with cold air and loud noise, having the controls disabled, and visibility impaired?
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use blasted in a sentence?
At what point would you personally be comfortable if your inbox was being blasted with threats of violence?
What does blasted mean?
Subjected to an explosion.
What part of speech is blasted?
blasted is commonly used as adjective, adverb.