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
The hardest dude on the street was blown away by De La Soul because their expression gave us multiple colors through music.
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Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
Oddly, Inaba wasn’t blown away.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
Basically, most buildings would be blown away by an EF4 tornado, so there are few left standing to encounter EF5 damage.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Dansby Swanson was blown away to start the bottom of the eighth.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
The left-hander has blown away his previous career highs in innings and strikeouts and is a lock to finish among the top placers in the American League Cy Young Award vote.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
The subject appears to have been blown away by time, just like Yugoslav literature was when Tanja was supposed to be teaching it.
—Sara Stridsberg
september 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
At the 50-game mark, the Rockies were 8-42 and on pace to lose 136 games, which would have blown away the 2024 White Sox modern-era record of 121 losses.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2025
When my father showed the then-curator of the Musée d’Horlogerie the enamels in our collection, she was blown away by the exquisite quality and intricate details of our enamels and jeweled pieces.
—Kyle Roderick, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
Oddly, Inaba wasn’t blown away.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2025
Basically, most buildings would be blown away by an EF4 tornado, so there are few left standing to encounter EF5 damage.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Dansby Swanson was blown away to start the bottom of the eighth.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
The left-hander has blown away his previous career highs in innings and strikeouts and is a lock to finish among the top placers in the American League Cy Young Award vote.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
The subject appears to have been blown away by time, just like Yugoslav literature was when Tanja was supposed to be teaching it.
—Sara Stridsberg
september 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
At the 50-game mark, the Rockies were 8-42 and on pace to lose 136 games, which would have blown away the 2024 White Sox modern-era record of 121 losses.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 9 Sep. 2025
When my father showed the then-curator of the Musée d’Horlogerie the enamels in our collection, she was blown away by the exquisite quality and intricate details of our enamels and jeweled pieces.
—Kyle Roderick, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blown away
Verb
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Wrapped in a towel, barely stirring, but slightly breathing, was a newborn baby girl buried beneath a foot of earth.—
Aishwarya S. Iyer,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Instead, town officials buried him in a pauper’s grave.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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Israel had just bombed Iran, sparking a nearly two-week war during which 1,200 Iranians and 31 Israelis were killed.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
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Most recently, Hamas offices in Qatar were bombed in an Israel attack, and negotiations have not been held in the Gulf state since.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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