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Definitions of blast

  1. intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
  2. a sudden very loud noise Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
  3. make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
  4. a long and hard-hit fly ball Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
  5. an explosion (as of dynamite) Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
  6. a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
  7. use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
  8. hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" Scrapingweb Dictionary DB
  9. a highly pleasurable or exciting experience; "we had a good time at the party"; "celebrating after the game was a blast" Wordnet Dictionary DB
  10. A violent gust of wind. Webster Dictionary DB
  11. 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. Webster Dictionary DB
  12. 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. Webster Dictionary DB
  13. The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath. Webster Dictionary DB
  14. A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight. Webster Dictionary DB
  15. 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. Webster Dictionary DB
  16. A flatulent disease of sheep. Webster Dictionary DB
  17. 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. Webster Dictionary DB
  18. 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. Webster Dictionary DB
  19. To confound by a loud blast or din. Webster Dictionary DB
  20. To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks. Webster Dictionary DB
  21. To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom. Webster Dictionary DB
  22. To blow; to blow on a trumpet. Webster Dictionary DB
  23. 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. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
  24. To injure; cause to fade or wither by some evil influence; to ruin or destroy; to break open or shatter by any explosive agent. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
  25. Blassed. The Winston Simplified Dictionary. By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer. Published 1919.
  26. A blowing or gust of wind: a forcible stream of air: sound of a wind instrument: an explosion of gun powder: anything pernicious. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
  27. To strike with some pernicious influence, to blight: to affect with sudden violence or calamity: to rend asunder with gun powder. The american dictionary of the english language. By Daniel Lyons. Published 1899.
  28. A gust or forcible current of wind; sound of a wind instrument; explosion of gunpowder, etc.; a pernicious influence. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.
  29. To strike with some pernicious influence; to blight; to rend with gunpowder, etc. The Clarendon dictionary. By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman. Published 1894.
  30. To rend in pieces by explosion; wither, as by a wind; blight; shrivel; destroy; ruin; curse. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
  31. A strong wind; strong artificial current as of air, steam, etc. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
  32. The discharge of an explosive; a loud, sudden sound. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
  33. A blight, or blighting influence. The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language. By James Champlin Fernald. Published 1919.
  34. 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. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.
  35. 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. Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language. By Nuttall, P.Austin. Published 1914.
  36. A violent rush of wind; the sound of a wind-instrument; any destructive influence; an explosion of gunpowder; the air introduced into a furnace. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
  37. To cause to wither; to blight; to affect with a sudden calamity; to destroy; to confound; to split rocks by gunpowder. Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.
  38. 1. BLT, used especially for large data sends over a networkor comm line. Opposite of snarf. Usage: uncommon. Thevariant "blat" has been reported.2. [HP/Apollo] Synonymous with nuke. Sometimes the message"Unable to kill all processes. Blast them (y/n)?" wouldappear in the command window upon logout. foldoc_fs
  39. blast, n. a blowing or gust of wind: a forcible stream of air: sound of a wind instrument; an explosion of gunpowder: anything pernicious.--v.t. to strike with some pernicious influence, to blight: to affect with sudden violence or calamity: to rend asunder with gunpowder.--adj. BLAST'ED, blighted: cursed, damned.--ns. BLAST'-FUR'NACE, a smelting furnace into which hot air is blown; BLAST'-HOLE, a hole in the bottom of a pump through which water enters; BLAST'ING, the separating of masses of stone by means of an explosive substance; BLAST'ING-GEL'ATINE, a powerful explosive made of gun-cotton and nitro-glycerine; BLAST'MENT, withering or shrivelling up caused by blasting; BLAST'-PIPE, a pipe in a steam-engine, to convey the waste-steam up the chimney. [A.S. bl['æ]st; cf. Ice. beása; Ger. blasen.] gutenberg.org/ebooks/37683
  40. The infection of any thing pestilential. The stroke of some sudden plague. Medical Lexicon. A Dictionary of Medical Science
  41. A nucleated erythrocyte. See Megaloblast, Microblast, and Normoblast. na
  42. Strong gust of wind; sound of wind-instrument; current of air in smelting &c. (in, out of, b., of furnace working or not); quantity of explosive used in blasting operation; b.-furnace, smelting furnace into which compressed hot air is driven by engine. [old English] Concise Oxford Dictionary
  43. Blow up (rocks &c.) with explosives; wither, shrivel, blight, (plant, animal, limb, prosperity, character; esp., with subj. God understood, in curses, whence blasted, damnable). Concise Oxford Dictionary
  44. A forcible stream of air, as from a blowpipe. Appleton's medical dictionary.
  45. The blight (in animals and plants). Appleton's medical dictionary.
  46. Laboratory expression for a nucleated red blood corpuscle Appleton's medical dictionary.
  47. The waste steam from a high-pressure engine is driven through the Blast-pipe into the chimney, and, causing a partial vacuum in the smoke-box, increases the draught through the furnace. Glossary of terms and phrases - Percy
  48. 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. Cabinet Dictionary
  49. A gust or puff of wind; the sound made by any instrument of wind musick; the stroke of a malignant planet. Complete Dictionary

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