- 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.
- 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.Blasted with excess of light.
- To confound by a loud blast or din.Trumpeters, With brazen din blast you the city's ear.
- To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.
