as in buried
to defeat by a large margin
the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion
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Recent Examples of blown away
The results have blown away internet viewers.
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Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
But, Davis-Lumsden added, her cousin doing some home renovations that involved roof replacement is worried that any tarpaulin over the roof would just get blown away and leave her vulnerable to water inside the house.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Again while a deal is not done yet, insiders say it is headed in that direction after Jordan was blown away by the recent rewrite delivered by Gilroy.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
My whole team was blown away by the offerings that CEO Michelle Gass has put together, and the stock is way too cheap versus the innovation she’s brought to the party.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
We’ve been blown away by the interest; just about every continent except Antarctica is interested in using this.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
The hardest dude on the street was blown away by De La Soul because their expression gave us multiple colors through music.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
Basically, most buildings would be blown away by an EF4 tornado, so there are few left standing to encounter EF5 damage.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Dansby Swanson was blown away to start the bottom of the eighth.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
But, Davis-Lumsden added, her cousin doing some home renovations that involved roof replacement is worried that any tarpaulin over the roof would just get blown away and leave her vulnerable to water inside the house.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Again while a deal is not done yet, insiders say it is headed in that direction after Jordan was blown away by the recent rewrite delivered by Gilroy.
—Justin Kroll, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
My whole team was blown away by the offerings that CEO Michelle Gass has put together, and the stock is way too cheap versus the innovation she’s brought to the party.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
We’ve been blown away by the interest; just about every continent except Antarctica is interested in using this.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
The hardest dude on the street was blown away by De La Soul because their expression gave us multiple colors through music.
—Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
Basically, most buildings would be blown away by an EF4 tornado, so there are few left standing to encounter EF5 damage.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
Dansby Swanson was blown away to start the bottom of the eighth.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blown away
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In July 2024, Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial ended by being dismissed with prejudice after his attorneys argued that prosecutors had buried evidence.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Some victims were buried under rubble as of Wednesday morning.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Several complaints, largely filed in Spanish, asked why they were locked up and bombed.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Oct. 2025
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And this is the same thing all Gazans did after their homes were bombed or damaged.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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