单词 | to blow away |
释义 | > as lemmasto blow away to blow away 1. transitive. To destroy or obliterate in an explosion, or with a firearm; to subject to an explosion, to blow up; (in extended use) to ruin, devastate. Also (now chiefly U.S. slang): to shoot dead. Frequently in passive. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to undoc950 shendOE forfarea1000 endc1000 to do awayOE aquenchc1175 slayc1175 slayc1175 stathea1200 tinea1300 to-spilla1300 batec1300 bleschea1325 honisha1325 leesea1325 wastec1325 stanch1338 corrumpa1340 destroy1340 to put awayc1350 dissolvec1374 supplanta1382 to-shend1382 aneantizec1384 avoidc1384 to put outa1398 beshenda1400 swelta1400 amortizec1405 distract1413 consumec1425 shelfc1425 abroge1427 downthringc1430 kill1435 poisonc1450 defeat1474 perish1509 to blow away1523 abrogatea1529 to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529 dash?1529 to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531 put in the pot1531 wipea1538 extermine1539 fatec1540 peppera1550 disappoint1563 to put (also set) beside the saddle1563 to cut the throat of1565 to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568 to make a hand of (also on, with)1569 demolish1570 to break the neck of1576 to make shipwreck of1577 spoil1578 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579 cipher1589 ruinate1590 to cut off by the shins1592 shipwreck1599 exterminate1605 finish1611 damnify1612 ravel1614 braina1616 stagger1629 unrivet1630 consummate1634 pulverizea1640 baffle1649 devil1652 to blow up1660 feague1668 shatter1683 cook1708 to die away1748 to prove fatal (to)1759 to knock up1764 to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834 to put the kibosh on1834 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 kibosh1841 to chaw up1843 cooper1851 to jack up1870 scuttle1888 to bugger up1891 jigger1895 torpedo1895 on the fritz1900 to put paid to1901 rot1908 down and out1916 scuppera1918 to put the skids under1918 stonker1919 liquidate1924 to screw up1933 cruel1934 to dig the grave of1934 pox1935 blow1936 to hit for six1937 to piss up1937 to dust off1938 zap1976 the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by shooting shootc893 shootc1275 to blow away1523 carry1653 to shoot (a person) down1845 stop1845 blow1871 ventilate1875 Maxim1894 poop1917 to blow apart1920 smoke1926 clip1927 cowboy1941 zap1942 Sten-gun1949 to light up1967 slot1987 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break to pieces, shatter, or burst > blow up or explode to blow away1523 blow1599 to blow (shiver, smash, tear, etc.) to or into atoms1612 blast1758 to blow sky-high1823 dynamite1881 lyddite1906 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell sig. Cii The blaste of ye byrnston blew away his brayne. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xxvi. sig. Yy7v I heard of my friendes being besieged, and so came to blowe away the wretches that troubled him. 1627 W. Hawkins Apollo Shroving ii. iii. 27 Blow away your enemy out of the field with one blast. 1679 F. Beaumont Knight of Burning Pestle v. i. 65 Ralph.: What's become o'th' nose of your flaske? 1 Sold.: Indeed law Captain, 'twas blown away with powder. 1778 F. Pilon Invasion ii. 33 If the enemy have any artillery, all the under part of the house will be blown away at the first discharge. 1831 J. Wilson Unimore v, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 156 Generations have been blown away By war in foreign lands. 1900 H. D. Rawnsley Ballads of War 5 His whole right hand had been blown away. 1939 in A. Banks First-person Amer. (1981) 251 A bunch of them wops showed up in a car n tried to blow him away. 1994 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 24 Apr. iii 5/3 HYM was blown away by a sudden drop in the price of several investments derived on Wall Street from the imaginative selling and reselling of common homeowner mortgages. 2001 People (Electronic ed.) 1 July He stood over his kneeling victim and listened to his frantic pleas before blowing him away. 2. transitive. slang (originally U.S.). To disprove or demolish (an argument, etc.) forcefully and emphatically; to show to be false or unfounded, to discredit. ΚΠ 1959 R. Heywood Sixth Sense 103 But the epiphenomenalistic bosh..that's simply blown away. It's one of the blind alleys of human thought. 1966 R. Giallombardo Society of Women App. B. (Gloss.) 201 Blow away, to silence by forceful argument, to talk belligerently. 1987 Skin Diver Aug. 131/1 That sort of blows away all their theories on growth rates of black coral. 1992 Enroute (Air Canada) Sept. 8/2 (advt.) Sony Compact Audio Systems. With one press of the remote, you'll quickly and soundly blow away the myth that bigger is better. 3. transitive. slang (originally U.S.). To defeat convincingly (esp. at sport); to surpass (a rival or competitor); (Jazz) to outperform (a fellow musician). Cf. earlier to blow out at sense 4a.The use among jazz musicians, though most obviously derived from sense 14e, shows the influence of other uses (sense 12a and to blow away vb.). Although attested later here, it has been suggested that this use in Jazz is the origin of the more general sense: see Comments on Etymol. (1989) Jan. 9. ΚΠ 1974 Washington Post 1 July d6/2 The classic matchup—the king of sport against the unknown kid—was settled quickly. ‘The kid knocked me right off. He blew me away.’ 1976 C. Calloway & B. Rollins Of Minnie the Moocher & Me 73 Each band would play a couple of sets, trying to blow the other band away. 1986 World Boxing Sept. 54/2 Bruno blew away journeyman Larry Frazier in less than two rounds. 1990 Videographic Apr. 29/1 Obviously it is far slower than something like Paintbox, but its versatility blows Paintbox away. 1999 BBC Top Gear Mag. June 43/1 For the first time since they blew away the opposition in 1937–39, the awesome Mercedes W154 GP cars are returning to Donington. 4. transitive. slang (originally U.S.). To astonish, delight, or thrill; to impress extremely, to overwhelm. Cf. to blow (a person's) mind at sense 24j.Perhaps related to the slightly earlier blown away ‘intoxicated with drink or drugs’: see blown adj.1 ΚΠ 1974 J. M. Young et al. We are being played or blown Away (Library of Congress MS sheet music) (Eu 478437) Blown, blown, blown away By my soft, tequila-fingered lady. 1975 Washington Post 24 May e32/4 (cartoon caption) Days like this just blow me away—seems like all the world's at peace with itself. 1988 G. Lees Meet me at Jim & Andy's viii. 135 They were hot. They blew the Monterey Festival away that year. 1995 Q June 102/3 You Really Got Me by The Kinks. I heard it when I was at school and it really blew me away. < as lemmas |
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