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

• annihilate
• bomb
• bury
• clobber
• cream
• drub
• dust
• flatten
• paste
• rout
• shellac
• skin
• skunk
• smoke [slang]
• smother
• snow under
• thrash
• trim
• tromp
• trounce
• wallop
• wax [slang]
• whip
• whomp
• whop
• whap
• whup

Examples of blow away in a Sentence

the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion

Recent Examples on the Web

On Thursday night at Citi Field, the Dodgers might have provided the best example yet, blowing away the New York Mets with a 10-2 win in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series. —Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024

The Philippines weather agency had warned the the storm could blow away roofs and shatter windows and wreak extensive damage to farmland, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. —Associated Press, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024

As a kid who grew up eating soft sugar cookies from the grocery store, I was blown away by the crisp texture. —Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Oct. 2024

Viewers on TikTok were blown away by the moment captured in the viral clip. —Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1