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
Otherwise, Mourinho’s side had blown away the opposition, with only Swansea City having the temerity to take the lead before eventually succumbing 4-2 as Diego Costa netted a hat-trick.
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
The normal matter within those globular clusters gets blown away, ejected from the dark matter halo that surrounds them.
—Big Think, 3 Mar. 2026
And so at the Roundtable, I was just blown away the first time.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
The quality is incredible, and they [Roller Rabbit] are blown away.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 25 Feb. 2026
Kaplan was blown away by the vineyard’s potential even before the Guttersens asked him to map and plant it.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2026
But in this case, I was blown away.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026
Go for the Chicken Parm, on another note, and be blown away by an award-winning cutlet with a side of savory garlic linguine.
—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
That structure, not shockingly, was blown away by a blizzard.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 8 Mar. 2026
The normal matter within those globular clusters gets blown away, ejected from the dark matter halo that surrounds them.
—Big Think, 3 Mar. 2026
And so at the Roundtable, I was just blown away the first time.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Feb. 2026
The quality is incredible, and they [Roller Rabbit] are blown away.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 25 Feb. 2026
Kaplan was blown away by the vineyard’s potential even before the Guttersens asked him to map and plant it.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2026
But in this case, I was blown away.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026
Go for the Chicken Parm, on another note, and be blown away by an award-winning cutlet with a side of savory garlic linguine.
—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
That structure, not shockingly, was blown away by a blizzard.
—Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blown away
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The Gacho Baba District communication chief, Abebe Agena, said most of those who died were found buried in the mud.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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This was little more than a wooden shack beside a convenience store and a karaoke parlor, all of them run by an enterprising resident who had already buried 200 people in the 12 months since Duterte had taken office, nearly all of them drug suspects.—
Sheila Coronel,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Israeli warplanes bombed Beirut and Tehran as Iran launched more retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf countries on the seventh day of the war.—
Jon Gambrell,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Mar. 2026
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During the 12-day war [between Israel and Iran in June 2025], it was actually bombed.—
Haley Ott,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 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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“Blown away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blown%20away. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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