Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blasting"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Blasting \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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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}]

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