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
Basically, most buildings would be blown away by an EF4 tornado, so there are few left standing to encounter EF5 damage.
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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
But the Oscar winner was blown away watching his castmates on that courtroom set.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 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
Even as someone who sniffed out the KPop Demon Hunters explosion fairly early, the soundtrack has blown away all of my prognostications.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2025
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
But the Oscar winner was blown away watching his castmates on that courtroom set.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 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
Even as someone who sniffed out the KPop Demon Hunters explosion fairly early, the soundtrack has blown away all of my prognostications.
—Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blown away
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The number of people believed buried was revised down to 59, from 91, on Wednesday.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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The men dropped onto Sulztalferner glacier in Tyrol’s Ötztal Valley and were said to have buried their parachutes in the snow before pressing on.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
2 Oct. 2025
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After being heavily bombed in WWII, Birmingham is building a better future out of concrete and steel.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Oct. 2025
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Set in Britain in 1953, the series will follow a new generation of the Shelby family as Birmingham tries to build a better future out of concrete and steel after being heavily bombed in WWII.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
2 Oct. 2025
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