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

• overcome
• snow under
• bomb
• bury
• whip
• throw
• master
• run rings around
• skin
• upset
• cream
• beat
• trim
• beat the pants off
• run circles around
• rout
• dust
• annihilate
• paste
• eat alive
• flatten
• wipe the floor with
• smoke [slang]
• top
• smother
• wipe the ground with
• take
• overwhelm
• clobber

Examples of blow away in a Sentence

the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion

Recent Examples on the Web

The Classical Academy’s tornadic defense blew away Mountain View in the Class 4A flag football championship game Saturday afternoon. —Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2025

The results have blown away internet viewers. —Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025

But, Davis-Lumsden added, her cousin doing some home renovations that involved roof replacement is worried that any tarpaulin over the roof would just get blown away and leave her vulnerable to water inside the house. —Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025

Again while a deal is not done yet, insiders say it is headed in that direction after Jordan was blown away by the recent rewrite delivered by Gilroy. —Justin Kroll, Deadline, 23 Oct. 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