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

Warren was also completely blown away. —Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 8 Dec. 2025

Roam is another brand that understands that personalization can really take luggage to another level—and we were absolutely blown away by the thought and detail that travelers can put into each suitcase. —Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025

The company blew away estimates with its latest quarterly EPS. —Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Dec. 2025

That is a black hole with a mass between 5 and 100 times the mass of the sun that is born when the core of a massive star with at least 10 solar masses collapses, triggering a supernova that blows away that star's outer layers. —Robert Lea, Space.com, 30 Nov. 2025

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