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

• annihilate
• bomb
• bury
• clobber
• cream
• drub
• dust
• flatten
• paste
• rout
• shellac
• skin
• skunk
• smoke [slang]
• smother
• snow under
• thrash
• trim
• tromp
• trounce
• wallop
• wax [slang]
• whip
• whomp
• whop
• whap
• whup

Examples of blow away in a Sentence

the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion

Recent Examples on the Web

Promises of local jobs and economic gains are forgotten, blown away with the trade winds. —Will McGough, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024

Our fans are the best fans, and we’ve been blown away by how generous the critics are. —Jim Halterman, Variety, 11 Oct. 2024

Thousands of trees were toppled in Helene’s fury, mangled train tracks were left discarded on river beds and school buses were blown away. —Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2024

The jobs count certainly was better than virtually anyone figured, with companies and the government combining to boost payrolls by 254,000, blowing away the Dow Jones consensus for 150,000. —Jeff Cox, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1