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 producers were instantly high on the script and took the spec to market, where Netflix was blown away by the package and outbid multiple buyers.
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Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
My whole team was blown away by the offerings that CEO Michelle Gass has put together, and the stock is way too cheap versus the innovation she’s brought to the party.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
We’ve been blown away by the interest; just about every continent except Antarctica is interested in using this.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
The hardest dude on the street was blown away by De La Soul because their expression gave us multiple colors through music.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 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
Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
My whole team was blown away by the offerings that CEO Michelle Gass has put together, and the stock is way too cheap versus the innovation she’s brought to the party.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
We’ve been blown away by the interest; just about every continent except Antarctica is interested in using this.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
The hardest dude on the street was blown away by De La Soul because their expression gave us multiple colors through music.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blown away
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As the lore goes, King’s daughter’s cat was struck by a truck and buried on a hill behind the house, inspiring the plot for his 1983 novel Pet Sematary.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
23 Oct. 2025
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Then, a flash flood buried the bodies in sediment.—
Amanda Schupak,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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Several complaints, largely filed in Spanish, asked why they were locked up and bombed.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Oct. 2025
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And this is the same thing all Gazans did after their homes were bombed or damaged.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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