as in to bomb
to defeat by a large margin
man, they totally smoked us today!
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Recent Examples of smoke
Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026
Late spring protein courses include poached halibut with mussels and smoked Yukon potato, a scallop marinated in sweet mirin and wrapped in savoy cabbage, smoked quail, and roasted lamb saddle and tenderloin with lamb bacon.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 9 May 2026
Such things are important, as battlefield conditions like fog, rain, smoke, and dust all reduce a laser’s effectiveness in the real world.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 9 May 2026
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Verb
The performers were wearing drapes over their heads and chanting to drone music while smoking a hookah, and there were flowers everywhere.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026
Late spring protein courses include poached halibut with mussels and smoked Yukon potato, a scallop marinated in sweet mirin and wrapped in savoy cabbage, smoked quail, and roasted lamb saddle and tenderloin with lamb bacon.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
Noun
The pilots aborted takeoff as smoke began filling the cabin, and and passengers evacuated the plane via slides, Frontier Airlines said in a statement to USA TODAY.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 9 May 2026
Such things are important, as battlefield conditions like fog, rain, smoke, and dust all reduce a laser’s effectiveness in the real world.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 9 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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All of that speculation was for naught.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
10 May 2026
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Hopes that Bill Clinton and Barack Obama would seriously boost the traditional arts largely came to naught.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Large metal trays and sieves were set out, and the oldest women, their faces marked with Amazigh tattoos, took their place around them, sleeves pushed back, hands already dusted with semolina.—
Boutheina Ben Salem,
Vogue,
8 May 2026
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It is then dusted with cacao and, poetically enough, resembles its namesake; a brick.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
Noun
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Some lightning occurs deep within clouds or is too weak to register clearly from orbit.—
Brandi D. Addison,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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Their tiered form nods to the cloud terrace motif that appears repeatedly in New Mexico’s indigenous Pueblo art and architecture.—
Bill Addison,
Los Angeles Times,
12 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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Detroit allowed Cleveland to sprint to a 22-0 run to start the second half that took the Cavaliers from a four-point halftime deficit to an 18-point lead the Pistons were never able to overcome.—
Darnell Mayberry,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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To overcome this, researchers at ETH Zurich used a subtler effect called the geometric phase, which exploits the path taken by atoms through an artificial ‘crystal of light’ built from intersecting laser beams.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
12 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 15 May. 2026.
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