as in to bomb
to defeat by a large margin
man, they totally smoked us today!
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Recent Examples of smoke
Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026
The fine for smoking in public, however, is $100, which is important to remember for those coming into the city from other more lenient states.
—Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 May 2026
This image made from video provided by Tiffany Mannarini shows a plume of smoke from a large fire at Robbins Lumber in Searsmont, Maine, Friday, May 15, 2026.
—Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 15 May 2026
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Verb
The company is so well-known that a Disney project in Shanghai ordered Bilco access products, and The Bushnell in Hartford used Bilco smoke vents on its roof, designed to remove smoke heat and gases in case of a fire, the Courant has reported.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2026
The fine for smoking in public, however, is $100, which is important to remember for those coming into the city from other more lenient states.
—Kaitlyn McCormick, USA Today, 14 May 2026
Noun
Her huge canvases, installed almost theatrically on floor-to-ceiling posts, depict crowds dissolving into smoke, shadow, and flesh-toned blurs.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 May 2026
This image made from video provided by Tiffany Mannarini shows a plume of smoke from a large fire at Robbins Lumber in Searsmont, Maine, Friday, May 15, 2026.
—Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoke
Verb
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Most of these guys bomb because they can’t get used to the losing.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 May 2026
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Well this immigrant grandma never murdered 180 schoolgirls in Iran by bombing them to pieces.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2026
Noun
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By trapping in the steam, the pressure builds and flavors are often more concentrated.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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The pool is heated with steam exhaust, and recycling and food-waste reduction programs are in full swing.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Hernandez’s second double of the game (and one of his nine hits in his past 20 at-bats) came with one out in the fourth and went for naught when Rushing and Kim struck out.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
15 May 2026
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All of that speculation was for naught.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
10 May 2026
Verb
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Spend the morning at the beach, wander into town for lunch, play a round of mini golf before dinner, and somehow end the night listening to live music bayside with sandy feet dusting the floorboards of the bar.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 May 2026
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Only then is the signature step added, dusting the seams with gold, silver or other metals.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2026
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In the distance, their gently curved edges became bulbous, towering cumulonimbus clouds reaching farther and farther into the atmosphere.—
Emily Holshouser
May 19,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 May 2026
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The legacy cloud is built across centralized data centers, which are now proliferating around the world as AI requires more computing power.—
Elizabeth MacBride,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
Noun
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For some of us, this is a very counterintuitive notion, as the notion of things existing within and moving through some form of empty nothingness just doesn’t make any sense.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 May 2026
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As Bastian reads, a boy named Atreyu (Noah Hathaway), while pursued by a green-eyed creature called G’mork (Alan Oppenheimer), is dispatched by the Childlike Empress (Tami Stronach) to find the cure for the mysterious nothingness enveloping the kingdom.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The project comes on the heels of filmmaker Nina Lee and Will Packer discussing the rarity of You, Me & Tuscany alongside the hardships and hurdles that Black romance films must overcome in the industry from conception to funding to box office.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
19 May 2026
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Despite the hurdles that must be overcome, many experts are pretty jazzed about the possibility of a lunar nuclear reactor.—
Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
19 May 2026
Noun
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To top it off, the X-Shinobi yachts are equipped with hybrid diesel-electric propulsion systems, ensuring a quiet and fume-free cruising experience for guests while helping to reduce the environmental impact of marine tourism.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
1 May 2026
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That could mean a Presidential drop-in by the First Golfer, which would mean road-closing security measures that can turn a Sunday drive into a Sunday park-and-fume.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Smoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoke. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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