as in bombs
to defeat by a large margin
man, they totally smoked us today!
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Recent Examples of smokes
Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
If tequila is your best friend, mezcal is your best friend’s dangerous cousin, the one who rides a motorcycle and smokes cigarettes.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2026
David Parham smokes salmon with a passion and perfectionism more often associated with prima ballerinas or Japanese ceramists.
—Sarah Moss, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
Dillane, clothed in an Adidas track suit, smokes a cigarette.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Babe’s brines and smokes Duroc ham and roasts the pork with Italian seasoning and onions.
—Carlos Frías, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 Aug. 2025
Unfortunately, my partner smokes cigarettes at night.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
The Cure smokes everything here, but the soulful Bon Iver dad-rock album is the sound that fits this category’s current concept of its genre.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
If tequila is your best friend, mezcal is your best friend’s dangerous cousin, the one who rides a motorcycle and smokes cigarettes.
—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2026
David Parham smokes salmon with a passion and perfectionism more often associated with prima ballerinas or Japanese ceramists.
—Sarah Moss, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
Dillane, clothed in an Adidas track suit, smokes a cigarette.
—Esther Zuckerman, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Babe’s brines and smokes Duroc ham and roasts the pork with Italian seasoning and onions.
—Carlos Frías, Bon Appetit Magazine, 19 Aug. 2025
Unfortunately, my partner smokes cigarettes at night.
—Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smokes
Verb
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Page Six gets a Hollywood edition Papps declined last week to reveal what stories his reporters were chasing and what bombs the political columnists will throw in its first editions.—
Christopher Weber,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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If Venezuela and its region instead spiral into chaos and suffering, Trump will merely look like a bully, a president who cowers when facing the mighty — in Moscow or Beijing, say — but bombs those who can’t return fire, whether in Nigeria, Yemen or Venezuela.—
Andreas Kluth,
Boston Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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When a dog repeatedly wags and whips its tail against hard surfaces, the tip can split open, bruise or break.—
Miriam Fauzia,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Jan. 2026
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Benbrook whips Diamond Hill-Jarvis Benbrook stayed on pace for a playoff berth in District 8-4A as the Lady Bobcats thumped Fort Worth Diamond Hill-Jarvis 55-7.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The Egg Nebula, so-named for its yolk (the star) surrounded by egg white (clouds of dust and gas), is extraordinarily dynamic, with twin beams of light punching through a series of rippling arcs.—
Stefanie Waldek,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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Dahlke wanted to make sure her grandson Alex was the one to show her above the clouds for the first time.—
Joe Donlon,
CBS News,
11 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Drawing from much more than the caustic hardcore the group have made their name on, Man Bites Dog throws jock jams, late-aughts electro-pop, and industrial into a huge Margaritaville-sized blender.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
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But Europa's environment throws a wrench in the works.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But Tan’s comment buries the lede.—
Peter Cohan,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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The painter spends hours drawing sketches of the corpse, then chops up her body, arranges the pieces in a suitcase and buries it with the help of an old man sitting under a cypress tree.—
Amir Ahmadi Arian,
The Dial,
15 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Light snow dusts the canyon’s upper rims, crowds thin, the air turns crisp, and one of the most magical Christmas experiences in the country appears.—
Emilee Coblentz,
Outside,
13 Dec. 2025
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Winter is also a wonderful surprise, when soft snow blankets valley trails and dusts the mountaintops.—
Lisa Kadane,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The heart beats in the kitchen and family room, which flow to one another but still maintain enough of a separation to make each space feel distinct.—
Miriam Schwartz,
Boston Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
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And in Los Angeles, the temperature on Wednesday reached a record high of 88 degrees, which beats their typical highs in July and August.—
Andrew Freedman,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In contrast, the ABF crystal, designed and grown by Chinese scientists over more than a decade, overcomes many of these obstacles.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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After a sluggish start, Texas overcomes a 14-point deficit to tie the game before OU's Xzayvier Brown hits a 3-pointer to give his team the halftime lead.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Smokes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smokes. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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