as in buried
to defeat by a large margin
the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion
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Recent Examples of blown away
For the second game in a row, the Lakers led at halftime and then got blown away in the second half.
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Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Pichai was particularly blown away when DeepMind’s AI system AlphaGo played a brilliant, novel move in the strategy board game Go against champion Lee Sedol in 2016, revealing that AI could think creatively and beyond mere mimicry.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 6 May 2026
Officials say they were blown away by the community's willingness to participate in this exercise.
—Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 2 May 2026
Mythos has blown away just about every benchmark of AI progress, including completing complex coding tasks and solving graduate-level problems across a range of subjects.
—Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026
Thankfully, that’s what I was most blown away by.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026
Prince Jackson, son of late pop superstar Michael Jackson, confessed he was blown away by his cousin’s performance in the upcoming biopic about his father.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
Lee says she was actually blown away by the texture and quality of the brand’s repair treatment.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2026
Players come to the Avalanche and are blown away by the level of detail in the club’s pre-scout meetings on game days.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026
Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Pichai was particularly blown away when DeepMind’s AI system AlphaGo played a brilliant, novel move in the strategy board game Go against champion Lee Sedol in 2016, revealing that AI could think creatively and beyond mere mimicry.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 6 May 2026
Officials say they were blown away by the community's willingness to participate in this exercise.
—Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 2 May 2026
Mythos has blown away just about every benchmark of AI progress, including completing complex coding tasks and solving graduate-level problems across a range of subjects.
—Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026
Thankfully, that’s what I was most blown away by.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026
Prince Jackson, son of late pop superstar Michael Jackson, confessed he was blown away by his cousin’s performance in the upcoming biopic about his father.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
Lee says she was actually blown away by the texture and quality of the brand’s repair treatment.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2026
Players come to the Avalanche and are blown away by the level of detail in the club’s pre-scout meetings on game days.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blown away
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Victor Wembanyama buried one difficult jumper after another, capping a 37-point, 15-rebound performance that led the Spurs to a 115-108 victory in Game 3 to take a 2-1 series advantage.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
9 May 2026
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Marner buried three goals and assisted on another by Brayden McNabb.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
9 May 2026
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Firms like Brookfield, GIP, BlackRock, and Stonepeak own networks of pipelines, terminals, tankers, and more — including many in the Middle East that are now under threat of being either bombed, or at least suspended from service.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
7 May 2026
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Right now, a synagogue in Iran has been destroyed; the Church of the Nativity has been bombed, along with many ancient sites across Lebanon.—
Pablo Larios,
Artforum,
7 May 2026
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There were no footprints leading in and out of the buildings, though with the storm’s intensity any trace of them would have been snowed under within minutes.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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