Thesaurus results for SNOW UNDER

snow under

verb

Definition of snow under

as in to blow away

to defeat by a large margin the challenger snowed the incumbent under in a big upset

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as in to overwhelm

to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress snowed under by the huge pile of paperwork

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Verb

Lundberg’s grandfather came to California in 1937, leaving behind the Midwest where the rain had quit for years and the plowed topsoil had blown away.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026
The couple, who are both in their 50s, add that they’ve been blown away by the kind messages that pour in each day and have had just as much fun reading and responding to them.

— Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of blow away

Verb

Volunteers will remove vines and other vegetation that can overwhelm young trees and shrubs and, when conditions permit, plant new trees and shrubs.

— Susan Soldavin, Baltimore Sun, 20 Sep. 2026
Christian McCaffrey became the fourth-fastest player in the Super Bowl era with 100 career touchdowns, Brock Purdy played a near-perfect game and the 49ers overwhelmed the Miami Dolphins 35-13 on Sunday.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of overwhelm

Verb

To overcome this, the Delft team engineered a lightweight processing pipeline that runs onboard using a mere 34 kilobytes of memory.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 18 Sep. 2026
Edwards doubts that voluntary oversight will overcome the commercial incentives to release their latest, most powerful models.

— Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of overcome

Verb

The horrors for women and girls are prevalent everywhere, Theron said, but her native South Africa is particularly devastated by it.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
Florida citrus growers are planting trees with gene-editing technology to combat the deadly citrus greening disease that has devastated many of their crops.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of devastate

Verb

Most of these were later destroyed when the family house was bombed during the Lebanese Civil War of 1975.

— Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
The person in the White House has asked Ukraine to stop bombing Russian refineries and oil/gas/diesel facilities.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of bomb

Verb

Reportedly, Harry and his uncle discussed the book during his July visit to Althorp, where Diana is buried.

— Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 17 Sep. 2026
The film is ultimately about survival, generational inheritance and the question of what accountability looks like when the past refuses to stay buried.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of bury

Verb

Even the compression through Turn 6’s apex, which always reveals improperly tuned suspension for motorbikes and race cars alike, can’t upset the Rimini.

— Michael Van Runkle, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2026
But the Avengers woke up in the second half, scoring 41 points to win 48-27 and squash the Royals’ upset hopes.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of upset

Verb

This is a technology, which Sheeran mastered in his early years as a busker, that lets a guy perform with himself, in echoes, alone, harmonizing with his own voice.

— Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2026
Researchers and industry experts believe the first company to master it could set off an exponential cycle of progress, pulling so far ahead that competitors can no longer catch up.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

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