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 of blow away

• overcome
• bomb
• bury
• upset
• snow under
• whip
• throw
• master
• skin
• cream
• beat
• trim
• beat the pants off
• smoke
• run circles around
• dust
• rout
• annihilate
• paste
• flatten
• eat alive
• top
• wipe the floor with
• smother
• overwhelm
• take

Examples of blow away in a Sentence

the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion

Recent Examples on the Web

Mythos has blown away just about every benchmark of AI progress, including completing complex coding tasks and solving graduate-level problems across a range of subjects. —Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 1 May 2026

Data center revenue came in at $561 million, blowing away the $515 million expectation. —Annie Palmer, CNBC, 1 May 2026

Thankfully, that’s what I was most blown away by. —Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026

According to San Jose Fire, smoke and embers were blowing away from the school. —Jose Fabian, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for blow away

• aaa
• adonais
• alleyway
• alumnae
• anime
• anyway
• arete
• attache
• baa
• beaujolais
• bouvier
• breakaway