Blast

n.	1.	A violent gust of wind. And see where surly Winter passes off, Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts; His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill. - Thomson.
	2.	A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.
	3.	The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.
	4.	The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath. One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. - Sir W. Scott. The blast of triumph o'er thy grave. - Bryant.
	5.	A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight. By the blast of God they perish. - Job iv. 9. Virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast. - Shak.
	6.	The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose.
	7.	A flatulent disease of sheep. Blast furnace a furnace, usually a shaft furnace for smelting ores, into which air is forced by pressure. Blast hole a hole in the bottom of a pump stock through which water enters. Blast nozzle a fixed or variable orifice in the delivery end of a blast pipe; - called also blast orifice. In full blast in complete operation; in a state of great activity. See Blast, n., 2.
v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Blasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Blasting.] 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.
v. i.	1.	To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom.
	2.	To blow; to blow on a trumpet. Toke his blake trumpe faste And gan to puffen and to blaste. - Chaucer.

Noun	1.	blast - a long and hard-hit fly ball
	2.	blast - a sudden very loud noise Synonyms: clap, loud noise, bang, eruption
	3.	blast - a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" Synonyms: gust, blow
	4.	blast - an explosion (as of dynamite)
	5.	blast - a highly pleasurable or exciting experience; "we had a good time at the party"; "celebrating after the game was a blast" Synonyms: good time
	6.	blast - intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak" Synonyms: flack, flak, attack, fire
Verb	1.	blast - make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone" Synonyms: blare
	2.	blast - hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer" Synonyms: smash, boom, nail
	3.	blast - use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day" Synonyms: shell

1.		blast - BLT, used especially for large data sends over a network or comm line. Opposite of snarf. Usage: uncommon. The variant "blat" has been reported.
2.		blast - [HP/Apollo] Synonymous with nuke. Sometimes the message "Unable to kill all processes. Blast them (y/n)?" would appear in the command window upon logout.

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