Blasting

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.
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            Seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind.
                                                  --Gen. xii. 6.
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   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.
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            I'll cross it, though it blast me.    --Shak.
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            Blasted with excess of light.         --T. Gray.
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   3. To confound by a loud blast or din.
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            Trumpeters,
            With brazen din blast you the city's ear. --Shak.
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   4. To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder,
      dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.
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Blasted Blasting 

Blasting \Blast"ing\, n.
   1. A blast; destruction by a blast, or by some pernicious
      cause.
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            I have smitten you with blasting and mildew. --Amos
                                                  iv. 9.
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   2. The act or process of one who, or that which, blasts; the
      business of one who blasts.
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