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
Prince Jackson, son of late pop superstar Michael Jackson, confessed he was blown away by his cousin’s performance in the upcoming biopic about his father.
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Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
We’ve been blown away by Denver opening up with over 60,000 fans.
—Asli Pelit, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
Lee says she was actually blown away by the texture and quality of the brand’s repair treatment.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2026
Grazier said he and Howard were blown away by Lovell's survival story.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
And so we’ve all been blown away.
—Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2026
Players come to the Avalanche and are blown away by the level of detail in the club’s pre-scout meetings on game days.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026
But occasionally, those seeds attract their surrounding matter, grow to be massive, rocky, and spheroidal, carve gaps in the disk, and persist, even after the last of this protoplanetary material has been blown away by the young star.
—Big Think, 17 Apr. 2026
Mary Williams, the bookstore’s co-owner and general manager, told The Times this week that the team at Skylight was blown away by the response online.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026
We’ve been blown away by Denver opening up with over 60,000 fans.
—Asli Pelit, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
Lee says she was actually blown away by the texture and quality of the brand’s repair treatment.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2026
Grazier said he and Howard were blown away by Lovell's survival story.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
And so we’ve all been blown away.
—Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2026
Players come to the Avalanche and are blown away by the level of detail in the club’s pre-scout meetings on game days.
—Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2026
But occasionally, those seeds attract their surrounding matter, grow to be massive, rocky, and spheroidal, carve gaps in the disk, and persist, even after the last of this protoplanetary material has been blown away by the young star.
—Big Think, 17 Apr. 2026
Mary Williams, the bookstore’s co-owner and general manager, told The Times this week that the team at Skylight was blown away by the response online.
—Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blown away
Verb
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In a traditional Japanese handle, a wa-style handle, the tang thins out into a strip of metal that’s completely buried in a cylindrical or octagonal wood handle.—
Jesse Raub,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 May 2026
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Before the war, the regime buried or otherwise concealed the rest of its missiles and launchers, according to two of the sources.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
1 May 2026
Verb
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McAvoy, from behind his net, bombed an outlet pass that Jonathan Aspirot couldn’t handle.—
Fluto Shinzawa,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Even as the hospital was bombed more than once.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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There were no footprints leading in and out of the buildings, though with the storm’s intensity any trace of them would have been snowed under within minutes.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Blown away.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blown%20away. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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