What is to rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks called?
blast — To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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