blast

A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).

And see where surly Winter passes off, / Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts; / His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill.

Their warm, thick under covering of fine wool protects them from the coldest blasts.

A forcible stream of gas or liquid from an orifice, for example from a bellows, the tuyeres of a blast furnace, a person's mouth, etc.

A hit of a recreational drug from a pipe.

The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace.

Many tons of iron were melted at a blast.

Blast was produced by bellows worked by four 'blowers', three of whom worked at a time while the fourth stood ready to replace one of the others.

The exhaust steam from an engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.

To make an impression on, by making a loud blast or din.

Trumpeters, / With brazen din blast you the city's ear.

To make a loud noise.

To play (music) very loudly out of a speaker.

Some kid is in his car blasting rap. You know, bass in the trunk and you can hear it 4 blocks away? I signal over to him and say "Hey, turn it up, I can't hear it." He turns around and says, "Shut Up Grandpa."

To shatter, as if by an explosion.

Although Maroczy favored solid, positional chess, there were times when he changed his style and blasted his opponents' defenses to bits.

To open up a hole in, usually by means of a sudden and imprecise method (such as an explosion).

Blast right through it.

Used to show anger or disappointment: damn

Now, where's my Labour membership card, so I can consider whether to tear it up? Blast, it's plastic...