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  1. noun A very strong gust of wind or air.
  2. noun The effect of such a gust.
  3. noun A forcible stream of air, gas, or steam from an opening, especially one in a blast furnace to aid combustion.
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  • A bit of dynamite in some kind of metal container to concentrate the blast is my guess. —  Hiding in the Shadows
  • The blast threw him back down the hillside, beard, robe and sandals flying, as if the blast was the toughest bouncer in Jerusalem and he a gatecrasher at the Last Supper. —  Even Cowgirls Get The Blues
  • Maybe, though, the blast was an outward expression of what he had already done inside. —  Call to Treason
  • The force of the blast was the only way to explain how far away Khornya was when she was found by her the men ^o raised her. " —  Acorna's World
  • Ramu bit back his irritation, made no comment. —  The Seventh Gate
 

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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Middle English, from Old English blǣst; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Invented by Van Helmont (1577-1644). Cf. gas.
  2. from Middle English blast, blest, from Anglo-Saxon blǣst (=Old High German blāst, Middle High German G. blast = Icelandic blāstr = Swedish blåst = Danish blæst), a gust of wind, a blowing, from blǣsan, (= Dutch blazen = Middle Low German blasen = Old High German blāsan, Middle High German blāsen, German blasen = Icelandic blāsa = Swedish blåsa = Danish blæse = Gothic (Moesogothic) blēsan (in comp.), blow, breathe, later English blaze, q. v.), akin to blāwan, blow: see blow, v. Perhaps ult. connected with Anglo-Saxon blæst, a flame, blæse, a flame, later English blaze, q. v.
  3. from Middle English blasten, blow, breathe hard; transitive, blow, as a trumpet; from blast, a blowing: see blast, n.
  4. Greek βλαστός, a sprout, shoot, germ, < βλαστάνειν, sprout, bud, grow.
 

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