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
Other matter is blown away by intense black hole winds.
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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
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
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blown away
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The senior buried a header into the net for the only score of the game.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Mar. 2026
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Kymora Johnson buried an icy 3 and broke a late tie.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
21 Mar. 2026
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Iran has escalated attacks on its Gulf neighbors since Israel bombed its massive South Pars offshore natural gas field, while keeping a stranglehold on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic waterway through which a fifth of the world's oil and other critical goods are transported.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Mar. 2026
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Even if airstrikes have destroyed many of Iran's centrifuges, the knowledge required to build them cannot be bombed away, Grossi noted.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
20 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 24 Mar. 2026.
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