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noun. A very strong gust of wind or air.

noun. The effect of such a gust.

noun. A forcible stream of air, gas, or steam from an opening, especially one in a blast furnace to aid combustion.

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noun. A sudden loud sound, especially one produced by a stream of forced air.

noun. The act of producing such a sound.

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noun. A violent explosion, as of dynamite or a bomb.

noun. The violent effect of such an explosion, consisting of a wave of increased atmospheric pressure followed immediately by a wave of decreased pressure.

noun. An explosive charge.

noun. Any of several plant diseases of diverse causes, resulting in sudden death of buds, flowers, foliage, or young fruits.

noun. A destructive or damaging influence.

noun. A powerful hit, blow, or shot.

noun. A violent verbal assault or outburst.

noun. A highly exciting or pleasurable experience or event, such as a big party.

intransitive verb. To knock down or shatter by explosion; smash.

intransitive verb. To play or sound loudly.

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intransitive verb. To cause to move with great force; hurl.

intransitive verb. To make or open by explosion.

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intransitive verb. To shoot or destroy by shooting.

intransitive verb. To hit, kick, or shoot (a ball or puck) with great force.

intransitive verb. To have a harmful or destructive effect on.

intransitive verb. To criticize or attack vigorously.

intransitive verb. To cause to shrivel, wither, or mature imperfectly by blast or blight.

intransitive verb. To use or detonate explosives.

intransitive verb. To emit a loud, intense sound; blare.

intransitive verb. To discharge a weapon. especially repeatedly; shoot.

intransitive verb. To attack someone or something verbally; criticize.

intransitive verb. To move with great speed or power.

intransitive verb. To distort sound recording or transmission by overloading a microphone or loudspeaker.

intransitive verb. To wither or shrivel or mature imperfectly.

phrasal verb. To take off, as a rocket.

idiom. (full blast) At full speed, volume, or capacity.

See blasto-.

To blow; puff; breathe hard; pant.

To smoke tobacco.

To boast; brag; speak ostentatiously.

To wither; be blighted.

To burst as by an explosion; blow up.

To blow forth or abroad; hence, to utter loudly; proclaim.

To break or tear to pieces (rocks or similar materials) by the agency of gunpowder or other explosive.

To confound or stun by a loud blast or din; split; burst.

To blow or breathe on so as to injure, as a sudden gust or destructive wind; cause to fade, shrivel, or wither; check the growth of and prevent from coming to maturity and producing fruit; blight, as trees or plants.

To blight or cause to come to nothing, as by some pernicious influence; bring destruction, calamity, or infamy upon; ruin: as, to blast pride, hopes, reputation, happiness.

To curse; strike with the wrath of heaven.

noun. A subtle kind of matter supposed by Van Helmont, a Dutch mystic philosopher, to be radiated from the stars and to produce effects opposite to those of heat.

noun. In zoology, one of the spindle-shaped, spore-like bodies in the life-cycle of certain Sporozoa, such as the malarial parasite.

"IV. vii.155 (308,9) blast in proof] This, I believe, is a metaphor taken from a mine, which, in the proof or execution, sometimes breaks out with an ineffectual _blast_."

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