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

This composite image shows evidence for a wind blowing away from Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*), the supermassive black hole in the center of our galaxy. —Adam Harrington, CBS News, 4 June 2026

The reason Ingelsby finds himself here is because audiences were blown away by the first season of Task, which marked his return to HBO following the success of his other crime drama Mare of Easttown. —Justin Kroll, Deadline, 4 June 2026

By watering the court, the brick retains its color and doesn’t blow away. —Tim Newcomb, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

Besides that dapper West Coast blues/R&B duo, Medley was blown away by an up-and-coming artist named Little Richard. —Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 June 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