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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Blasting \Blast"ing\, noun
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Blast \Blast\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
blasting
adjective
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}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "blasting": atmospherics, banging, blaring, blind spot, bursting, cracking, crashing, crawling, creeping, drift, exploding, explosive, fade-out, fading, flapping, interference, knocking, noise, popping, rapping, reception, slapping, slatting, static, tapping
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