blast

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intense adverse criticism
a sudden very loud noise
hit hard
make a strident sound
a very long fly ball
a strong current of air
an explosion (as of dynamite)
a highly pleasurable or exciting experience
use explosives on
apply a draft or strong wind to to
create by using explosives
make with or as if with an explosion
fire a shot
criticize harshly or violently
shatter as if by explosion
shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly
A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation
A violent gust of wind
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
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
The sound made by blowing a wind instrument
A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants
The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc
A flatulent disease of sheep
To injure, as by a noxious wind
Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail
To confound by a loud blast or din
To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc
To be blighted or withered
To blow

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