Thesaurus results for BLEW AWAY

blew away

verb

past tense of blow away

as in snowed under

to defeat by a large margin the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion

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Recent Examples of blew away But when drought struck Oklahoma and surrounding states, as drought regularly did, the topsoil dried out and blew away. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 Like Texas, Wisconsin has passed bipartisan tax breaks to entice companies to do business there and were losing out on revenue when the profits blew away their projections. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 19 Aug. 2026 Clad in the world champion’s rainbow jersey, Pogačar blew away the general classification contenders over the Col du Tourmalet, gaining almost three minutes on Jonas Vingegaard by the finish at Gavarnie-Gèdre. — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 26 July 2026 The day before the final, thunderstorms blew away the worst of the smoke. — Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026 The Fijians blew away Wales in the first half, racking up 469 meters to Wales' 66, and 25 offloads to Wales' none. — ABC News, 4 July 2026 In addition, the bidding for his Americano mask on Fanatics blew away WWE officials. — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 His adept approach blew away the sentimental collector. — Kathryn Romeyn, Architectural Digest, 11 June 2026 Insiders say even though Erskine had not helmed a feature film yet, her pitch blew away the studio and producers, leading to her first big directing job. — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 14 Apr. 2026

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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

Definition of snowed under

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First, Protas buried a cross-zone feed from Alex Ovechkin to give Washington the 2-1 lead.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
The grave contained no grave goods — objects buried alongside the dead — but archaeologists were able to estimate its age based on the skeleton's crouched position and the grave's relationship to the nearby settlement and one of its houses.

— Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of buried

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The move comes after the Astros overcame a plethora of injuries to win the AL West with an 81-81 record and become the first team in Major League Baseball history to reach the postseason without a winning record.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
The Cardinals overcame a 2-0 deficit to beat the Dodgers, 4-2, in the NLCS, while the Royals rallied from 2-0 down to defeat the Blue Jays, 4-3, in the ALCS.

— OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of overcame

Verb

In an interview with Inside Edition on Tuesday, store owner Adam Rubin said that his store has been review-bombed since Clarkson took to social media and named the store, and employees and surrounding businesses have been harassed.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
The Houthis bombed the corporate HQ of Saudi Aramco in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, officials said.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of bombed

Verb

The Cubs were upset again by the Marlins in the 2020 wild-card series, losing the series in a two-game sweep.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
Many of those wins have been agonizing for the Bears to endure like when TCU upset a top-10 Baylor squad in 2021 or when the Horned Frogs scored a walk-off field goal the very next season in Waco to keep their undefeated season alive.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of upset

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After learning that Manchester whipped Maggie with a cat-o’-nine-tails, Lizzie agrees to help the Borden family’s maid kill her.

— Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026
That sort of whipped, inswinging ball from Slater that caused so much havoc is hugely familiar to avid Premier League watchers.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of whipped

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The little girl would later tell officers that her brother grabbed the knife and threw it at her, the blade hitting her chest.

— Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026
Patrick Mahomes threw for 382 yards and three touchdowns, improving to 8-0 in regular-season overtime games.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2026

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