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Definition of Blast
Pronunciation: blåst | n. | 1. | A violent gust of wind. | | 2. | 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. | | 3. | 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. | | 4. | The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath. | | 5. | A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight. | | 6. | 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. | | 7. | A flatulent disease of sheep. | | v. t. | 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. | | 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. | | 3. | To confound by a loud blast or din. | | 4. | To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks. | | v. i. | 1. | To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom. | | 2. | To blow; to blow on a trumpet. |
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