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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)