as in bombs
to defeat by a large margin
the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion
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Recent Examples of blows away
An ephemeral wind of nothing that blows away like humbug.
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Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2026
If there are heavier, harder-to-blow-away elements around them, planets can form around them, and if there are clumps of matter in the same cloud that haven’t quite grown enough to form stars when the rest of the material in the initial cloud blows away, what remains can be a planet, too.
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Big Think,
17 Apr. 2026
Last word *Now that Tom Seaver’s family has put a lot of his memorabilia up for auction, including his 1969 World Series ring, here’s hoping that Mets owner Steve Cohen blows away all bidders and gets some of that stuff to display at Citi Field.
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Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
22 Feb. 2026
The Icemag 3’s small fan on its rear quickly blows away any extra heat build-up, enabling the phone to charge quickly while remaining at a safe temperature, even when it’s being used a lot.
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Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
This blows away the daily record and ends up in second place ever for the month of August.
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Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
20 May 2026
If there are heavier, harder-to-blow-away elements around them, planets can form around them, and if there are clumps of matter in the same cloud that haven’t quite grown enough to form stars when the rest of the material in the initial cloud blows away, what remains can be a planet, too.
—
Big Think,
17 Apr. 2026
Last word *Now that Tom Seaver’s family has put a lot of his memorabilia up for auction, including his 1969 World Series ring, here’s hoping that Mets owner Steve Cohen blows away all bidders and gets some of that stuff to display at Citi Field.
—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
22 Feb. 2026
The Icemag 3’s small fan on its rear quickly blows away any extra heat build-up, enabling the phone to charge quickly while remaining at a safe temperature, even when it’s being used a lot.
—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
This blows away the daily record and ends up in second place ever for the month of August.
—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blows away
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The campus is eerily silent, even as Israel attacks Lebanon and the United States bombs Iran.
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The United States bombs Iran's nuclear facilities days later.
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And a strangeness suddenly overcomes me.
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These families show that love overcomes differences.
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The algorithm buries it because the pattern is easy to detect.
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Hollis buries herself in work in an attempt to escape her complicated grief, while aspiring filmmaker Caroline copes by making snarky remarks and bristling at her mom's efforts to connect.
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The industry is in the middle of a transition from copper interconnects to optical solutions, and the company that masters low-latency, high-bandwidth data movement holds a structural advantage.
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Finally, Kim masters the steps and takes to the stage with confidence, as her family cheers her on!
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As Rice whips the ball in with bend and power, keep an eye on England’s blockers in the clip below.
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The vessel bends, blocks, and whips the wind into complex micro-currents before the air ever hits the sails.
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Paraguay upsets Germany in sudden-death penalty kicks Gustavo Gómez of Paraguay celebrates after José Canale converts the winning penalty in a penalty shootout against Germany on Monday.
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With a victory on Thursday, Sweden would win Group F if Tunisia upsets the Netherlands; otherwise Sweden would finish in second place.
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Brennan, though, throws the first wrench into the works by instead trying to establish his credibility.
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To the community whose history has been scrubbed from public view even as the nation throws itself a party in the name of freedom?
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The metric flattens that difference into a number that appears precise and is actually only a starting point.
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The scroll has been digitally unwrapped using a technique pioneered by Seales called Volume Cartographer, which takes scans of a 3D manuscript, layer by layer, and then effectively flattens these into 2D images that can then be read.
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