blow away
verb
blew away; blown away; blowing away; blows away
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
Examples of blow away in a Sentence
the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion
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This region was evacuated within the past 20 million years by numerous supernovae explosions, the shockwaves of which blew away much of the molecular gas in their vicinity, creating a bubble in the interstellar medium with a lower density than its surroundings.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 June 2025
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Airports in Catania and Palermo remained open as the ash plume blew away from population centers.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 June 2025
The Verdict on This Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe I was blown away by how good these cookies were.
—Staff Author, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 June 2025
Listening to the demo that eHealth sent me, I was absolutely blown away.
—Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
Airports in Catania and Palermo remained open as the ash plume blew away from population centers.
—Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 June 2025
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“Blow away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blow%20away. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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