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
Upon first impression, we were blown away.
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Praful Saklani, 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
Kuruc has been blown away by Tilly, who also starred in Tuesday’s 3-1 sectional semifinal win over Mother McAuley.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2026
Mohan didn’t initially know about the competition but was blown away by the depth and diversity of the network.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 29 May 2026
Academy staff were blown away by his preparation, including endless folders on his laptop containing tactical research on teams across the world.
—Sam Lee, New York Times, 23 May 2026
Dillon said he was blown away by the offer because of the mutual respect between them.
—Chase Jordan
may 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 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
Praful Saklani, 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
Kuruc has been blown away by Tilly, who also starred in Tuesday’s 3-1 sectional semifinal win over Mother McAuley.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2026
Mohan didn’t initially know about the competition but was blown away by the depth and diversity of the network.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 29 May 2026
Academy staff were blown away by his preparation, including endless folders on his laptop containing tactical research on teams across the world.
—Sam Lee, New York Times, 23 May 2026
Dillon said he was blown away by the offer because of the mutual respect between them.
—Chase Jordan
may 22, Charlotte Observer, 22 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blown away
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That could be a good thing for USC-UCLA, Iowa-Nebraska, Illinois-Northwestern and other Big Ten rivalry games that tend to get buried on the last weekend of the regular season.—
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
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His ashes are buried in the Memorial Garden at our church and his name added to a list of those who reside there.—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
29 May 2026
Verb
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In reality, there were three forecast teams—one American and two British—in three different locations in case one of them were to be bombed.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
29 May 2026
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There’s also a threat of infrastructure such as the airport being bombed.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
28 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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