3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blast \Blast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blasted}; p. pr & vb n.
{Blasting}.]
1. To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to
stop or check the growth of and prevent from
fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to
shrivel.
Seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind.
--Gen. xii. 6.
2. Hence to affect with some sudden violence, plague,
calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes
to fail to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as to
blast pride, hopes, or character.
I'll cross it though it blast me --Shak.
Blasted with excess of light. --T. Gray.
3. To confound by a loud blast or din.
Trumpeters, With brazen din blast you the city's
ear. --Shak.
4. To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder,
dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as to blast rocks.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blasting \Blast"ing\, n.
1. A blast; destruction by a blast, or by some pernicious
cause
I have smitten you with blasting and mildew. --Amos
iv 9.
2. The act or process of one who or that which blasts; the
business of one who blasts.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
blasting
adj 1: causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden
violence or plague or ruin; "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" [syn: {ruinous}]
2: unpleasantly loud and penetrating; "the blaring noise of
trumpets"; "shut our ears against the blasting music from
his car radio" [syn: {blaring}]
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