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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

A blast; destruction by a blast, or by some pernicious cause.

I have smitten you with

blasting

and mildew.

Amos iv. 9.

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

ppr.

Affecting by a blast; preventing from coming to maturity; frustrating; splitting by an explosion of gun powder.

Noun.

A blast; destruction by a pernicious cause; explosion.

blasting

blasting ‎(plural blastings)

A planned explosion, as in mining.
The act by which something is blasted, or blighted.
- Mark Twain
  They showed signs of the blightings and blastings of time, in their outward aspect, but they were young within; young and cheerful, and ready to talk […]