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

Examples of blow away in a Sentence

the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion

Recent Examples on the Web

Add Heidi Gardner to the list of guests at the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce wedding who were blown away by how such a grand event could be made to feel so intimate. — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026

Lots of them are blown away by the fact something looking like this is a Harley. — New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026

Tigers spent most of their season on pace to blow away the modern single-season loss record of that 1962 New York Mets team that went 40-120. — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2026

To keep the wind from blowing away the transplants, Deerwester showed how to fold down much of the leaves and put the tops of the leaves in the fold to help anchor the plants better. — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for blow away

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