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
Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
Fighter jets roared overhead, and air strikes pounded the surrounding hillsides, sending up thick plumes of acrid smoke.
—Euan Ward, New Yorker, 29 May 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
Smokin’ in the Boys’ Room The smoke master is a special breed of outdoor cook who appreciates craftsmanship, the science of barbecuing, and revels in the appropriate pairing of wood flavors with assorted meats, fish, and fowls.
—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
Fighter jets roared overhead, and air strikes pounded the surrounding hillsides, sending up thick plumes of acrid smoke.
—Euan Ward, New Yorker, 29 May 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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How to Keep Windowsills Clean The best way to keep windowsills clean is to add dusting them to your regular cleaning routine.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 May 2026
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The nose features vanilla and caramel alongside bright red fruit, citrus, and a light floral lift, all dusted with clove and black pepper.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
28 May 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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