blasting
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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.
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.
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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]