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(Entry 1 of 4)
- that horse was really blowing after the race
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- each year he blows his holiday bonus on a trip to Las Vegas
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- a huge crater was formed when the volcano last blew
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- one false move and we would be blown to bits
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- that car blew past us as if we were standing still
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- barrel,
- belt,
- blast,
- blaze,
- bolt,
- bomb
- [slang],
- bowl,
- breeze,
- bundle,
- bustle,
- buzz,
- cannonball,
- careen,
- career,
- chase,
- course,
- crack (on),
- dash,
- drive,
- fly,
- hare,
- hasten,
- hie,
- highball,
- hotfoot (it),
- hump,
- hurl,
- hurry,
- hurtle,
- hustle,
- jet,
- jump,
- motor,
- nip,
- pelt,
- race,
- ram,
- rip,
- rocket,
- run,
- rush,
- rustle,
- scoot,
- scurry,
- scuttle,
- shoot,
- speed,
- step,
- tear,
- travel,
- trot,
- whirl,
- whisk,
- zip,
- zoom
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- he keeps blowing every job interview that comes his way
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- another self-made millionaire blowing about how much he'd achieved
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blow
verb (2)Synonyms & Antonyms of blow (Entry 2 of 4)
- longing for a grassy field in some far-off land where the wildflowers blow
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noun (1)Synonyms of blow (Entry 3 of 4)
- he was dizzy for the rest of the day after the blow to his head
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- bang,
- bash,
- bat,
- beat,
- belt,
- biff,
- bop,
- box,
- buffet,
- bust,
- chop,
- clap,
- clip,
- clout,
- crack,
- cuff,
- dab,
- douse
- [British],
- fillip,
- hack,
- haymaker,
- hit,
- hook,
- knock,
- larrup
- [dialect],
- lash,
- lick,
- pelt,
- pick,
- plump,
- poke,
- pound,
- punch,
- rap,
- slam,
- slap,
- slug,
- smack,
- smash,
- sock,
- spank,
- stinger,
- stripe,
- stroke,
- swat,
- swipe,
- switch,
- thud,
- thump,
- thwack,
- wallop,
- welt,
- whack,
- wham,
- whop
- (also whap)
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- body blow,
- hand,
- kick,
- knee,
- left,
- one-two,
- rabbit punch,
- right,
- right-hander,
- roundhouse,
- shiver,
- sidewinder,
- sucker punch,
- swing,
- uppercut
- bastinado
- (or bastinade),
- battering,
- beating,
- bludgeoning,
- clobbering,
- cudgeling
- (or cudgelling),
- drubbing,
- hammering,
- lambasting,
- licking,
- pasting,
- pounding,
- pummeling
- (also pummelling),
- thrashing
blow
noun (2)Synonyms of blow (Entry 4 of 4)
- the ocean blows that sweep over the island are so strong that only the hardiest shrubs can grow there
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“Blow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blow. Accessed 8 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of blow was before the 12th century
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