as in to bomb
to defeat by a large margin
man, they totally smoked us today!
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Recent Examples of smoke
Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2025
Wildfire smoke map for Ohio This map tracks the latest wildfires, red flag warnings, and smoke from wildfires.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 3 July 2025
In Las Vegas, a city known for its late-night prime rib buffets, David Chang’s Majordomo offers smoked prime rib carved tableside and served with pommes puree and creamed spinach.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
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Verb
Arriving crews encountered a working fire in a two-family residence, with fire and smoke coming from the second floor, according to New London Fire Chief Vernon Skau.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 3 July 2025
Wildfire smoke map for Ohio This map tracks the latest wildfires, red flag warnings, and smoke from wildfires.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Noun
Speaking with People, the former Death Row Records mogul claimed that Tupac’s remains were smoked by his closest friends and family members following the rapper’s death in 1996.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 3 July 2025
In Las Vegas, a city known for its late-night prime rib buffets, David Chang’s Majordomo offers smoked prime rib carved tableside and served with pommes puree and creamed spinach.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025
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Verb
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Trump said military pilots who successfully bombed Iran will be guests for a flyover of military planes during the patriotic ceremony.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
5 July 2025
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The Twelve-Day War between Israel and Iran in June concluded shortly after the United States intervened by bombing Iranian nuclear sites with 30,000-pound bunker busters dropped by strategic B-2 Spirit stealth bombers.—
Paul Iddon,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
Noun
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Two games later, Higashioka was packing up his locker and heading into free agency on the steam of a career-high 17 homers.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
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Throughout the movie, interspersed with shots of an exasperated Silverstone fending off her younger lover’s calls to her office and strutting through New York City streets in sky-high stilettos, are shots of Silverstone in gym clothes boxing with a personal trainer to blow off steam.—
Mara Santilli,
Flow Space,
4 July 2025
Noun
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Lucas Giolito’s 7 shutout innings for naught as Sox can’t complete sweep The Red Sox squandered seven shutout innings from Lucas Giolito and dropped yet another 1-run game.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
24 May 2025
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That's much higher than with other infectious diseases, such as Ebola with an R naught of 2.—
Alyson Hurt,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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During the wars of the early 1800s, Napoleon dusted his soldiers with a permethrin-like powder to control fleas and body lice, which protected them from anemia and gave them a physical edge over their enemies.—
Angela Haupt,
Time,
24 June 2025
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Meanwhile, her cheeks were dusted in peach-colored blush, her lips were painted in a coral hue and her brows were brushed up and matted down.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
23 June 2025
Noun
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There are both federal regulations and state regulations for cloud seeding and other forms of weather modification.—
Brandi D. Addison,
Austin American Statesman,
12 July 2025
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Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
12 July 2025
Noun
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Shauna then spies a swarm of moths attracted to a fluorescent light in the ceiling, dooming themselves to fly toward nothingness again and again and again.—
Erin Qualey,
Vulture,
28 Mar. 2025
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The point is to bring production back to California before the entertainment industry shrinks into nothingness.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
9 May 2025
Verb
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There can be ways to overcome the objections of the people who are concerned that new technology will make their jobs obsolete.—
Edward Segal,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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Others tolerate challenging growing conditions, like heat and drought, or were bred to overcome common problems such as heavy soil.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
4 July 2025
Noun
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Meanwhile, accumulating bankruptcy announcements show signs of an industry running on fumes.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
3 July 2025
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Revenue growth without cash flow is like running on fumes.—
Ashish Srimal,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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“Smoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoke. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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