as in to bomb
to defeat by a large margin
man, they totally smoked us today!
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Recent Examples of smoke
Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Favorites include pastrami and smoked salmon salad.
—Fielding Buck, Daily News, 28 May 2026
Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 4 June 2026
Until just a few years ago, my wife and I didn’t have air conditioning, but smoke from wildfires combined with hot temperatures prompted us to install a heat pump with split units in our living room, bedroom and guest room to keep our home cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
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Verb
This distinction is especially important for adolescents and young adults who may never otherwise have smoked cigarettes.
—Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Favorites include pastrami and smoked salmon salad.
—Fielding Buck, Daily News, 28 May 2026
Noun
To safeguard users every mile of the trip, the trailer has 360-degree monitoring, automotive-grade brakes (including ABS, EBD, and ESC), smoke and gas sensors, and complete vehicle diagnostics.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 4 June 2026
Until just a few years ago, my wife and I didn’t have air conditioning, but smoke from wildfires combined with hot temperatures prompted us to install a heat pump with split units in our living room, bedroom and guest room to keep our home cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter.
—Larry Magid, Mercury News, 4 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoke
Verb
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The year was anything but easy for Divac, though, with NATO beginning to bomb his native Serbia late in the season.—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
2 June 2026
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Oil prices rose around 3% after the Pentagon said the United States bombed Iranian military sites, retaliation for Tehran's shooting down of an American drone.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Turn off the heat and let steam, covered, 5 minutes more.—
Emily Weinstein,
Twin Cities,
4 June 2026
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Nam grew up in a rural Northern Vietnamese village watching his grandmother treat illness with mugwort steam and herbal bundles.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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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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Start with the warm gougères, airy choux puffs with a molten brie center that arrive drizzled with honey and dusted with parmesan.—
Jessi Roti,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
5 June 2026
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Then they’re dusted with powdered sugar.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Unusual cloud formations took shape above Houston’s highways on Tuesday.—
Ben Noll,
Washington Post,
3 June 2026
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Over the prairie there would be lightning that evening, dropping in shattering bolts from swollen purple clouds.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 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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Everyone has a personal obstacle, but not everyone can overcome and survive those obstacles.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
2 June 2026
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Over time, however, your pancreas may no longer be able to produce enough insulin to overcome insulin resistance.—
Samantha Agate,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 June 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 7 Jun. 2026.
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