blow away

verb

blew away; blown away; blowing away; blows away

transitive verb

1

: to dissipate or remove as if with a current of air

their doubts were blown away

2

: to kill by gunfire : shoot dead

3

: to impress very strongly and usually favorably

4

: to defeat soundly

blew their rivals away in the first game

Synonyms of blow away

• overcome
• bomb
• bury
• upset
• snow under
• whip
• throw
• master
• skin
• cream
• beat
• trim
• beat the pants off
• smoke
• run circles around
• dust
• rout
• annihilate
• paste
• flatten
• eat alive
• top
• wipe the floor with
• smother
• overwhelm
• take

Examples of blow away in a Sentence

the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion

Recent Examples on the Web

The clip sees him as a 2D man living life, ordering coffee, driving, getting blown away by the wind, and getting sucked into a vacuum. —Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 8 Feb. 2026

When this final collapse happens, shockwaves ripple out to the star's outer layers, which are blown away in a supernova explosion, taking with them the vast majority of the star's mass. —Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026

Zender and Furman were blown away at Philadelphians’ ability to recall the Xs and Os of the trick play. —Jordy Fee-Platt, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026

This doesn’t mean, of course, that NYSE faces the risk confronted by some incumbents of getting blown away altogether in the face of new technology. —Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for blow away

• aaa
• adonais
• alleyway
• alumnae
• anime
• anyway
• arete
• attache
• baa
• beaujolais
• bouvier
• breakaway