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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Blasting

/blăs'-tĭng/ · Blast·ing · IPA /blˈæstɪŋ/
01 n. A blast; destruction by a blast, or by some pernicious cause.
  1. 1.
    A blast; destruction by a blast, or by some pernicious cause.
    “I have smitten you with blasting and mildew.” — Amos iv. 9.
  2. 2.
    The act or process of one who, or that which, blasts; the business of one who blasts.