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
blow away
verb
as in to snow under
to defeat by a large margin the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- snow under
- bomb
- overcome
- master
- bury
- whip
- top
- dust
- eat alive
- run rings around
- beat the pants off
- skin
- beat
- trim
- run circles around
- upset
- cream
- paste
- smoke
- throw
- annihilate
- wipe the ground with
- wipe the floor with
- rout
- flatten
- smother
- skunk
- drub
- wax
- clobber
- wallop
- shellac
- trounce
- overwhelm
- thrash
- take
- exceed
- whup
- destroy
- sweep
- score
- conquer
- surpass
- succeed
- whop
- dispatch
- whomp
- tromp
- knock over
- cap
- better
- best
- whap
- worst
- crush
- nose out
- knock off
- lick
- triumph (over)
- overthrow
- slaughter
- subdue
- overmatch
- finish
- hurdle
- prevail (over)
- eclipse
- subjugate
- win (against)
- surmount
- vanquish
- overbear
- transcend
- excel
- outdo
- overpower
- upend
- overtop
- outstrip
- flourish
- outshine
- edge (out)
- outdistance
- break
- ace (out)
- pip
- sink
- outfight
- do in
