blow away
verb
blew away; blown away; blowing away; blows away
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
Examples of blow away in a Sentence
the chess prodigy completely blew away the reigning world champion
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Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
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She's blown away that the dog can sense when to take it easy with her children.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
As the cores of these stars crush down, the stars' outer layers, and most of their masses, are blown away in tremendous core-collapse supernovas.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2025
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Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
During a make-or-break moment when contestants need at least one chair turn to move forward in the competition, Battle blew away all four coaches who were eager to work with him.
—Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2025
She's blown away that the dog can sense when to take it easy with her children.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
As the cores of these stars crush down, the stars' outer layers, and most of their masses, are blown away in tremendous core-collapse supernovas.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for blow away
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“Blow away.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blow%20away. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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