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Blast \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.
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Seven thin ears, and blasted with the east wind.
--Gen. xii. 6.
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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.
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I'll cross it, though it blast me. --Shak.
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Blasted with excess of light. --T. Gray.
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3. To confound by a loud blast or din.
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Trumpeters,
With brazen din blast you the city's ear. --Shak.
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4. To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder,
dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.
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Blasted \Blast"ed\, a.
1. Blighted; withered.
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Upon this blasted heath. --Shak.
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2. Confounded; accursed; detestable.
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Some of her own blasted gypsies. --Sir W.
Scott.
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3. Rent open by an explosive.
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The blasted quarry thunders, heard remote.
--Wordsworth.
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