blow away
verb
blew away; blown away; blowing away; blows away
transitive verb
1
: to dissipate or remove as if with a current of air
their doubts were blown away
2
: to kill by gunfire : shoot dead
3
: to impress very strongly and usually favorably
4
: to defeat soundly
blew their rivals away in the first game
Synonyms
- annihilate
- bomb
- bury
- clobber
- cream
- drub
- dust
- flatten
- paste
- rout
- shellac
- skin
- skunk
- smoke [slang]
- smother
- snow under
- thrash
- trim
- tromp
- trounce
- wallop
- wax [slang]
- whip
- whomp
- whop
- whap
- whup
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Example Sentences
the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion
Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
blows away
verb
as in bombs
to defeat by a large margin the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- bombs
- overcomes
- masters
- runs rings around
- whips
- buries
- snows under
- beats the pants off
- tops
- runs circles around
- dusts
- beats
- upsets
- flattens
- skins
- annihilates
- pastes
- overwhelms
- throws
- eats alive
- routs
- trims
- wipes the floor with
- smokes
- wipes the ground with
- smothers
- skunks
- clobbers
- creams
- wallops
- thrashes
- takes
- shellacs
- trounces
- exceeds
- drubs
- surpasses
- waxes
- knocks off
- scores
- destroys
- sweeps
- knocks over
- succeeds
- whaps
- dispatches
- conquers
- overbears
- whups
- caps
- whops
- overmatches
- tromps
- whomps
- licks
- surmounts
- hurdles
- triumphs (over)
- crushes
- prevails (over)
- subdues
- wins (against)
- transcends
- bests
- eclipses
- vanquishes
- slaughters
- finishes
- subjugates
- noses out
- upends
- betters
- outstrips
- worsts
- overthrows
- outshines
- excels
- outdistances
- outdoes
- overpowers
- flourishes
- overtops
- outfights
- breaks
- does in
- pips
- sinks
- edges (out)
- aces (out)
