BLOWN OUT Synonyms: 8 Similar and Opposite Words

blown (out)

verb

Definition of blown (out)

past participle of blow (out)

as in exhaled

to let or force out of the lungs blew out a smoke ring and began to tell us a good yarn

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Still, no one exhaled when production finally moved to a water tank at Universal Studios in Los Angeles.

— Lily Brown, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026
Mosquitoes are drawn to backyards with standing water, dense greenery, and carbon dioxide exhaled by people and animals.

— Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 3 July 2026

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The agreement set a 60-day period for a wider peace deal to be negotiated, but that deadline expired with no agreement, and both countries have declared the deal dead.

— August 24, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
Signed after his contract had expired at City, the move for 32-year-old Stones was trademark Giuseppe Marotta.

— James Horncastle, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

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blown one's top

blown (out)

blown smoke

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