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.

To confound by a loud blast or din.

A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind,
especially on animals and plants; a blight.

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.

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.

The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the
sound produces at one breath.

A violent gust of wind.

i. patlama, infilak, tahribat. There had been two blasts in the region yesterday. (Dün bölgede iki patlama meydana gelmiş.)

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.

A flatulent disease of sheep.