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

And with 2-channel stereo audio and 150W on tap, these powered bookshelf speakers are pretty much guaranteed to blow away the sound any portable wireless speaker can put out. —Brad Moon, Forbes, 29 Sep. 2024

When Howard arrived at her first IRL meet-up, she was blown away that there were, by her estimation, at least 300 people there. —Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 27 Sep. 2024

When Hoechlin finally did learn how the series would conclude, he was blown away by what the writers accomplished. —EW.com, 11 Sep. 2024

But Jobling agreed to meet Aberg as a courtesy and was immediately blown away. —Jean E. Palmieri, WWD, 5 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1