as in to bomb
to defeat by a large margin
man, they totally smoked us today!
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Recent Examples of smoke
Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
Choose from its Hook & Ladder, Italian, smoked turkey and provolone, or the Firehouse meatball.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2024
Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
This aggressive move not only led to damage to Mills' car but also resulted in him being hospitalized due to smoke inhilation.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Verb
Bring smoked turkey to the table with a Thanksgiving Dinner To-Go meal.
—Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 4 Nov. 2024
Choose from its Hook & Ladder, Italian, smoked turkey and provolone, or the Firehouse meatball.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
The blaze was extinguished in hours, but an enormous plume of orange and black smoke remained for days, so thick that drivers on Interstate 20 struggled to see past their windshield.
—Hana Kiros, The Atlantic, 1 Nov. 2024
This aggressive move not only led to damage to Mills' car but also resulted in him being hospitalized due to smoke inhilation.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smoke
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On May 8, 2023, shortly before dawn, Jordanian fighter jets bombed Ramthan’s family house.Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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Just look at the box office where stories with new characters like Madame Web and The Crow are bombing.Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
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Sitting around: The other culprit is letting that topping sit around for too long after baking but before serving, as the steam emanating from the casserole will kill that crunch.Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 5 Nov. 2024
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Daniel Alvarez is in the business of finding solutions to reduce their waste steam and lower costs.Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
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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
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Scientists use a metric called the basic reproduction number or reproduction value — referred to as R0 and pronounced R naught — to rate how transmissible or contagious a disease is.Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Aug. 2021
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Few tasks in life seem as futile as dusting your home.Barbara Bellesi Zito, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2024
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The cleaning tool also comes with plenty of helpful accessories, including a long crevice tool and dusting brush, which can be used by detaching the handheld vacuum from the cleaning stick to clean hard-to-reach areas like curtains, beds, and sofas.Melony Forcier, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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As for other differences between the plans, Entertainment includes more than 75 channels, the ability to stream on unlimited devices in your home, unlimited cloud DVR storage, and a special offer on premium channels.Monica Mercuri, StyleCaster, 5 Nov. 2024
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Its infrared sensors were able to peer past large clouds of dust and gas to capture a grand spectacle of creation, a cluster of blue stars erupting into being.Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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The star stays visible for around a week, before fading back into nothingness for the best part of the next century.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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WandaVision’s Elizabeth Olsen recently opened up about her own frustrations performing inside the physical nothingness required to bring Marvel’s big-budget projects together in postproduction.Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 26 Sep. 2024
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To overcome this, build self-awareness and emotional intelligence internally first.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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However, the article notes this training will likely be easier for happy chasers because dogs who are angry or fearful bee-chasers have stronger emotions to overcome.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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However, the toxic gas known as carbon monoxide (CO) is found in the fumes produced by these devices.Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Oct. 2024
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The cause of death given was inhalation of fire fumes.Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2024
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“Smoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoke. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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