snowed under

verb

past tense of snow under
1
as in blew away
to defeat by a large margin the challenger snowed the incumbent under in a big upset

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2
as in overwhelmed
to subject to incapacitating emotional or mental stress snowed under by the huge pile of paperwork

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Recent Examples of snowed under There were no footprints leading in and out of the buildings, though with the storm’s intensity any trace of them would have been snowed under within minutes. — Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for snowed under
  1. blew away
  2. overwhelmed
  3. buried
  4. devastated
  5. bombed
  6. overcame
  7. whipped
  8. upset
Verb
  • But when drought struck Oklahoma and surrounding states, as drought regularly did, the topsoil dried out and blew away.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Like Texas, Wisconsin has passed bipartisan tax breaks to entice companies to do business there and were losing out on revenue when the profits blew away their projections.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of blew away
Verb
  • Following Stark’s rescue, the first responders at Paradise Canyon Drive were overwhelmed, according to two civilians who were present and Hernandez’s body-camera footage.
    — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Swain settled in this preseason, showing an improved progression in his decision making when he was not overwhelmed by on-ball duties.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of overwhelmed
Verb
  • First, Protas buried a cross-zone feed from Alex Ovechkin to give Washington the 2-1 lead.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The grave contained no grave goods — objects buried alongside the dead — but archaeologists were able to estimate its age based on the skeleton's crouched position and the grave's relationship to the nearby settlement and one of its houses.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of buried
Verb
  • Iran’s military has been devastated by American attacks, but the Iranian forces have continued to launch missiles, drones and naval operations to inflict damage in the region.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026
  • At home, the United States had defeated their armies, destroyed their infrastructure, retaken their territory, emancipated their enslaved, and devastated their economy and society into a catastrophic mess.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of devastated
Verb
  • In an interview with Inside Edition on Tuesday, store owner Adam Rubin said that his store has been review-bombed since Clarkson took to social media and named the store, and employees and surrounding businesses have been harassed.
    — Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The Houthis bombed the corporate HQ of Saudi Aramco in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, officials said.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of bombed
Verb
  • Kaprizov and Hartman scored in the third period as Minnesota overcame a 3-1 deficit to force overtime.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Craig overcame being sacked four times and the run game producing just 33 yards to lead TCU to the massive victory, as the Horned Frogs scored multiple touchdowns against a Power Four conference opponent for the first time this season.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of overcame
Verb
  • Fire crews scrambled late Saturday as fierce winds whipped flames beyond Canadian Forces Base Wainwright and into the surrounding rural area.
    — Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Fire crews scrambled late into the night as fierce winds whipped flames beyond Canadian Forces Base Wainwright and into the surrounding rural area.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of whipped
Verb
  • Florida rose from the dead to upset Texas in Austin on the back of another disappointing performance from Arch Manning.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Still, RadarOnline is reporting that Meghan is upset by comments from her ex-agent Ari Emanuel.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of upset

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“Snowed under.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/snowed%20under. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

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