blow away
verb
blew away; blown away; blowing away; blows away
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
Examples of blow away in a Sentence
the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion
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Marchand, new to the Panthers but quite familiar with them, was blown away.
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Josh Yohe, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
The result is that the stellar cores of these stars rapidly compress while the outer layers are blown away.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
My 10 year old self is pretty blown away right now.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
The heavy cones don’t blow away easily in a brisk wind.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
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Josh Yohe, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
The result is that the stellar cores of these stars rapidly compress while the outer layers are blown away.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025
My 10 year old self is pretty blown away right now.
—Jen Juneau, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
The heavy cones don’t blow away easily in a brisk wind.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for blow away
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“Blow away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blow%20away. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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