Thesaurus results for SNOWING UNDER

snowing under

verb

present participle of snow under

as in blowing away

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

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as in overwhelming

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

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Verb

Western Europe saw its hottest summer on record, blowing away previous benchmarks, Copernicus data shows.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
Anchor the frost cloth to the ground to prevent cold air from flowing underneath, and to keep it from blowing away in the wind.

— Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of blowing away

Verb

By the end, the clasp, which incorporates a personal poem, looms large in comparison, representing the virus overwhelming the community.

— Livia Caligor, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
Adversaries may soon be able to fly drones in coordinated swarms using AI, effectively overwhelming any defenses.

— Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of overwhelming

Verb

This design continually reflects the laser inside the stream via total internal reflection, overcoming the need for focal-point or Rayleigh-length adjustments.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
Augusto, Marrero, Hernández and countless others have little choice but to figure things out which, in Cuban parlance, means overcoming whatever obstacle is placed in their way.

— Juan Carlos López, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of overcoming

Verb

The country is also recovering from devastating back-to-back earthquakes in June that have so far killed over 6,000 people.

— Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
Rescue operations and clean-up crews are still working in the wake of last week’s devastating debris avalanche and floods in Nepal and Tibet.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of devastating

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Interviewees describe hacking little girls’ phones to see when their fathers came home and then bombing their houses, listening while the people on the line screamed and pleaded for help, while mothers cried over their burning daughters.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2026
In 1991, during the Gulf War, America and its allies began bombing Baghdad in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.

— David Friend, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of bombing

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Elliott fell to 11th and is a crushing 93 points behind the lead.

— Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
The vanishing New York chronicled in the blogs of the mid-aughts has mostly vanished, NYU has colonized large swaths of downtown, and a populace struggling to afford the crushing price of housing has arisen in its wake.

— David Freedlander, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of crushing

Verb

Goalkeeper Emi Martinez floated a ball over Ezri Konsa to Rogers, who exchanged passes with Joao Pedro before shifting sharply onto his right foot and whipping a shot just wide of David Raya’s far post.

— Liam Twomey, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Stand mixers are the best choice for things like kneading bread dough, whipping egg whites and mixing cookies, but blenders are best for breaking down more substantial foods to create beautifully smooth purees.

— BestReviews, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of whipping

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Mexican cartels began using explosives more extensively about five years ago, dropping them from drones to attack security forces or rival groups and burying explosive devices in the ground to defend or control territory.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026
Families are burying victims while relatives of the missing wait for answers, as authorities detain the captain, crew and port officials in a widening probe into the disaster’s cause.

— Andrew Wilks, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

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