Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Blast \Blast\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blasted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Blasting}.]
   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.

            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.

Blasting \Blast"ing\, n.
   1. A blast; destruction by a blast, or by some pernicious
      cause.

            I have smitten you with blasting and mildew. --Amos
                                                  iv. 9.

   2. The act or process of one who, or that which, blasts; the
      business of one who blasts.

Source : WordNet®

blasting
     adj 1: causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden
            violence or plague or ruin; "the blasting effects of
            the intense cold on the budding fruit"; "the blasting
            force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in
            our faces"; "a ruinous war" [syn: {ruinous}]
     2: unpleasantly loud and penetrating; "the blaring noise of
        trumpets"; "shut our ears against the blasting music from
        his car radio" [syn: {blaring}]