as in to bomb
to defeat by a large margin
man, they totally smoked us today!
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Recent Examples of smoke
Prosper Obed Chukwuemeka, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
Moreau smoked Head-Royce 88-47 at home to move on to the quarterfinals, also at home, on Saturday against Urban.
—Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
arkansasonline.com, 19 Feb. 2025
The detector is a wireless network that uses sensors, including infrared and gas, to detect the three main signatures of a fire — flame, smoke and heat.
—Mona Darwish, Orange County Register, 18 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Over time, this instruction manual can accumulate errors due to various factors like exposure to harmful ultraviolet rays, smoking or even just natural wear and tear.
—Prosper Obed Chukwuemeka, The Conversation, 20 Feb. 2025
Moreau smoked Head-Royce 88-47 at home to move on to the quarterfinals, also at home, on Saturday against Urban.
—Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
The shelter-in-place order initially was in effect until the incident was under control because smoke and particulates from the fire were filtering across the area, officials said.
—arkansasonline.com, 19 Feb. 2025
The detector is a wireless network that uses sensors, including infrared and gas, to detect the three main signatures of a fire — flame, smoke and heat.
—Mona Darwish, Orange County Register, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoke
Verb
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To hear Trump tell it, Ukraine might as well be bombing its own cities and killing its own citizens.—
Susan B. Glasser,
The New Yorker,
20 Feb. 2025
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Biden briefly paused a shipment of bombs to Israel over concerns that they would be used on an area where refugees were told to flee, only to resume military aid after Israel bombed the area.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA TODAY,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Bathroom color ideas abound, and the spaces are the perfect place to play with paint, which can stand up to splashes and steam better than wallpaper.—
Elizabeth Stamp,
Architectural Digest,
20 Feb. 2025
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Both the men’s and women’s locker rooms have extensive steam, sauna, whirlpool and cold plunge options.—
Larry Olmsted,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
Noun
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That's much higher than with other infectious diseases, such as Ebola with an R naught of 2.—
Alyson Hurt,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2025
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But these will come to naught unless the government can see them clearly—and find the strength to take advantage of them.—
Robert M. Danin,
Foreign Affairs,
8 June 2016
Verb
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The neo-Gothic Kristiansand Cathedral is particularly atmospheric in winter, with its towering spires often dusted in snow.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Slivers of olive flounder are dusted with nutty dry miso and fanned out onto an eye-widening sauce made from yuzu and ponzu.—
Jenn Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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Just days after what seemed like 40 days and 40 nights of Bay Area storms, the clouds have finally given San Francisco a break – just in time for Ayesha Curry’s Sweet July Skin coffee truck pop-up during All-Star Weekend.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
18 Feb. 2025
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Air traveler invades passenger's personal space to snap photos of clouds throughout flight A woman became frustrated on a recent flight to Germany when the passenger seated next to her continuously stretched his arm out to take photos near the window.—
Ashley J. DiMella Fox News,
Fox News,
17 Feb. 2025
Noun
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From there, the movie around her is soon reduced to a nothingness of its own making.—
Chase Hutchinson,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2025
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If Derek Jeter invented the strategy of preemptive blandness, a verbal jiu-jitsu move that cloaks every utterance in a gauze of impenetrable nothingness, Tom Brady has earned a Vantablack® belt in the discipline.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
5 Feb. 2025
Verb
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To advance, Sporting must overcome a 1-0 deficit from the first leg.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
23 Feb. 2025
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The Wolfpack overcame 17 turnovers and a disadvantage in paint points with a nearly perfect performance from the free-throw line and better-than-usual 3-point shooting.—
Chantel Jennings,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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Opting for too many chemicals can leave surfaces sticky in the best of scenarios and create dangerous fumes in the worst of scenarios.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2025
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Continue reading … ‘DISTURBING’ – USAID whistleblower fumes at Biden-era agency funding DEI events all over the world.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Smoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoke. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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