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
At an invitational where speed was the norm, three meet relay records were blown away by visitors from Long Beach Wilson, Calabasas and Anaheim Servite.
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Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Other matter is blown away by intense black hole winds.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026
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.
—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
Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
Other matter is blown away by intense black hole winds.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2026
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.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blown away
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Also stolen was a bronze plaque honoring the 18 unmarked graves of African Americans who were also buried there.—
Paul Burton,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Many of the more subtle quakes, buried in background noise, were invisible to human eyes.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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Nearly three weeks earlier, the Ecuadoran military bombed Miguel's farm in a joint military operation with the United States.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2026
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Its military has bombed 10,000 targets, but the first thousand were likely more valuable than the tenth.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
27 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 4 Apr. 2026.
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