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

The food was great, but I was blown away by the desserts and drinks. —Shafaq Patel, Axios, 28 Feb. 2025

The Club name was unable to blow away numbers as each large enterprise figures out how to use the AI agents platform. —Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025

Even the stand-ups that I’m obsessed with, I’m just blown away at how good and how honest their acts are, and just how vulnerable. —Jeff Conway, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025

Ozzy Osbourne's son, Jack Osbourne, says rock star's voice is still ‘spot on’ despite his health struggles Ozzy Osbourne's son, Jack Osbourne, said his father's voice is still ‘spot on’ despite his physical ailments, and people would be ‘blown away’ by his voice. —Janelle Ash, Fox News, 26 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for blow away

• aaa
• adonais
• alleyway
• alumnae
• anime
• anyway
• arete
• attache
• baa
• beaujolais
• bouvier
• breakaway