snow under

verb

Definition of snow undernext
1
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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2
as in to overwhelm
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress snowed under by the huge pile of paperwork

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for snow under
  1. blow away
  2. overwhelm
  3. overcome
  4. devastate
  5. bomb
  6. bury
  7. upset
  8. master
Verb
  • Also blown away was the face of a clock tower that has been part of the nonprofit school’s landscape since it was founded in 1887, Carter said.
    — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • For Bon Appétit's 2026 Pantry Awards, our editors put out a call for brands to nominate products released in the past year, and we were blown away by the spread.
    — Editors of Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of blow away
Verb
  • But this year, the number and scale of foodborne illness outbreaks are overwhelming the system and disrupting the ability to respond.
    — Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Despite this multi-layered surveillance system, Tuesday’s massive influx overwhelmed the filtration hardware, forcing operators to bring the reactors offline once again to safeguard the facilities.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of overwhelm
Verb
  • Prosecutors will have to overcome a few key hurdles in their case.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Four firefighters were killed and a fifth was injured after they were overcome by a fast-moving wildfire in Colorado, near the Utah border, in June.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of overcome
Verb
  • The floods also devastated livestock, with large numbers of cattle lost, dealing a blow to rural communities and raising concerns about disease outbreaks.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The area where the quake struck, Colombia's coffee region, was devastated by an earthquake in 1999 that killed more than 1,200 people.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of devastate
Verb
  • The government has intensified firefighting efforts across Sumatra and Borneo islands, deploying more than 35 aircraft including water-bombing helicopters and patrol airplanes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Nagasaki, bombed just three days later, receives only a fraction of that attention.
    — James M. Scott, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of bomb
Verb
  • Burr Oak was the area’s first cemetery to allow blacks to be interred there, and countless African American families would bury relatives there over the years.
    — Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
  • For years, teams have been buried beneath repetitive reporting, administrative work, content revisions and manual research.
    — Niki Hall, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of bury
Verb
  • Sparks upset the Lynx Rae Burrell scored 17 points, and Erica Wheeler had four in a game-ending 8-0 run and the Sparks ended Minnesota’s 10-game winning streak, beating the WNBA-leading Lynx 89-82 on Thursday night.
    — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2026
  • In a year where voters upset with the Democratic Party mainstream have propelled outsider candidates to victory across the country, Crowley is hoping to buck the trend in Wisconsin.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of upset
Verb
  • If the only reward for mastering an AI workflow is a higher performance quota or an impending pink slip, workers will quietly slow-roll, sandbag and sabotage the transition.
    — Jason Dressel, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
  • In humans, the temporal lobe plays a role in forming memories, mastering language, responding to visual cues such as familiar faces, and processing emotions.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of master
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