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make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone"

an explosion (as of dynamite)

use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day"

a highly pleasurable or exciting experience; "we had a good time at the party"; "celebrating after the game was a blast"

make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone"

an explosion (as of dynamite)

use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day"

A violent gust of wind.

A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.

The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.

The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath.

A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.

The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose.

A flatulent disease of sheep.

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.

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.

To confound by a loud blast or din.

To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.

To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom.

To blow; to blow on a trumpet.

A violent gust of wind.

A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.

The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.

The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath.

A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.

The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose.

A flatulent disease of sheep.

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.

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.

To confound by a loud blast or din.

To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.

To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom.

To blow; to blow on a trumpet.

A violent or sudden gust of wind; a forcible stream of air from an opening; as, a blast of heat comes from the opened furnace door; the sound produced by blowing a wind-instrument; any sudden harmful influence, as a blight; the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc., in rending or removing rocks, or the charge so used.

To injure; cause to fade or wither by some evil influence; to ruin or destroy; to break open or shatter by any explosive agent.

Blassed.

A blowing or gust of wind: a forcible stream of air: sound of a wind instrument: an explosion of gun powder: anything pernicious.

To strike with some pernicious influence, to blight: to affect with sudden violence or calamity: to rend asunder with gun powder.

A gust or forcible current of wind; sound of a wind instrument; explosion of gunpowder, etc.; a pernicious influence.

To strike with some pernicious influence; to blight; to rend with gunpowder, etc.

To rend in pieces by explosion; wither, as by a wind; blight; shrivel; destroy; ruin; curse.

A strong wind; strong artificial current as of air, steam, etc.

The discharge of an explosive; a loud, sudden sound.

A blight, or blighting influence.

A violent gust of wind; a forcible stream of air, or the sound made by blowing any wind instrument; explosion of gunpowder in splitting rocks, or of inflammable air in a mine; air introduced into a furnace artificially; any pernicious or destructive influence upon animals or plants; a blight; a flatulent disease in sheep.

To strike with and make to wither under some pernicious influence; to blight; to ruin; to strike with terror or calamity; to split rocks with gunpowder. See Blow.

To cause to wither; to blight; to affect with a sudden calamity; to destroy; to confound; to split rocks by gunpowder.

The infection of any thing pestilential. The stroke of some sudden plague.

A forcible stream of air, as from a blowpipe.

The blight (in animals and plants).

Laboratory expression for a nucleated red blood corpuscle

n. [Anglo-Saxon] A gust or sudden puff of air; a destructive or pertinicious wind;—a forcible stream of air from an orifice; the blowing necessary to smelt ore in a furnace;—exhaust steam from an engine, used to create draught through the fire;—the sound made by blowing a wind instrument;—an explosion of gunpowder in rending rocks, or of inflammable air in a mine;—a blight;—a flatulent disease of sheep.

A gust or puff of wind; the sound made by any instrument of wind musick; the stroke of a malignant planet.