as in to bomb
to defeat by a large margin
man, they totally smoked us today!
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Recent Examples of smoke
Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2025
Those who are overweight, smoke, have high blood pressure, or have a family history of the disease are at risk of developing AMD.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
New Atlas, 10 Nov. 2025
The room was hazy with cigar smoke and strewn with pastrami and coleslaw.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
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Verb
Fire and smoke mark where a UPS cargo plane crashed near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday.
—Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2025
Those who are overweight, smoke, have high blood pressure, or have a family history of the disease are at risk of developing AMD.
—Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Noun
But wood fires have a big downside that extends far beyond smoke wafting up your nose during a wind gust.
—New Atlas, 10 Nov. 2025
The room was hazy with cigar smoke and strewn with pastrami and coleslaw.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoke
Verb
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Neal, his co-pilot, a navigator and seven crew members headed toward Cannes, France, to bomb some roads.—
Brad Schmitt,
Nashville Tennessean,
11 Nov. 2025
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Serbia was bombed in 1999 for 78 days to force then-President Slobodan Milosevic to end his crackdown on separatist ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The research team highlighted that this process creates ideal conditions for atmospheric water vapour to condense into droplets on the cooler surface, the way steam condenses on your bathroom mirror.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Nov. 2025
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The mobile-to-satellite market is starting to gain steam.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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So, all the drama was for naught.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
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But what does that even mean, for naught?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Instead, this is a great time to go back to projects, clients and professional plans from the past and dust them off to see if they can be revamped from a fresh perspective.—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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The season transforms the city’s historic streets into something out of a snow globe—brick row houses dusted in white, gas lamps flickering through the early dusk, and the smell of soul-warming seafood chowder drifting from restaurants in the Seaport area.—
Mark Ellwood,
AFAR Media,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Some incredible lines come out of people’s mouths, and then the clouds gather again.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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The clouds billowed as far east as New York, choking farm economies in the middle of the country and sending millions of people on the move.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025
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Known as cosmic inflation, this strange, fleeting period is usually considered to have been an expansion of near nothingness because, at the time, most of the universe’s elementary particles had yet to blink into existence.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
27 Oct. 2025
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The first part of the drive is notable for its nothingness — nearly 90 minutes of sand, sagebrush, prickly pear and juniper.—
Matt Villano,
CNN Money,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Among those highlighted will be Amanda, a refugee and the first Miss Trans Global Uganda; Sarah, who overcame sight loss to support LGBTQ+ people with disabilities while running marathons; and Leo, a speaker and life coach with dyskinetic cerebral palsy.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
6 Nov. 2025
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Fortunately, modern nandina cultivars like 'Lemon-Lime' from the Southern Living Plant Collection have been bred to overcome these problems.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals recommends placing moth balls inside a sealed bag or container along with your clothing, making sure that no fumes can escape.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
31 Oct. 2025
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In 2014, the Journal found, there were about 12 fume events per million departures.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Smoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoke. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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