as in to bomb
to defeat by a large margin
man, they totally smoked us today!
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Recent Examples of smoke
Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Pop looked, talked, smoked, and drank a lot like Tommy Norris.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
For the uninitiated, vaping is the inhaling of an aerosol mist from an electronic cigarette or other similar device, which heats up a liquid containing nicotine to create a vapor that looks like smoke.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 2 Dec. 2024
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Jensen's union represents dealers at three Atlantic City casinos and is currently involved in litigation to end smoking in gambling establishments.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Pop looked, talked, smoked, and drank a lot like Tommy Norris.
—David Blackmon, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Noun
The Air District said increased burning combined with stagnant winds and cold overnight temperatures would cause smoke to be trapped in the area as a high-pressure system moves over Northern California, creating an atmospheric lid.
—Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
For the uninitiated, vaping is the inhaling of an aerosol mist from an electronic cigarette or other similar device, which heats up a liquid containing nicotine to create a vapor that looks like smoke.
—Nina Totenberg, NPR, 2 Dec. 2024
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The Syrian civil war, up to last week, was the tedious winnowing process in which the Assad government bombed, killed, and terrorized Syrians into either fleeing the country or submitting to him.Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
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During his first administration, President Donald Trump bombed Syria twice—on April 7, 2017, and April 14, 2018—in retaliation for chemical attacks.Paul Iddon, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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Topping that list was the luxurious spa that included several pools, two saunas, a steam room, and a myriad of services from facials to massage.Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 7 Dec. 2024
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There’s a private spa with a steam room and cold plunge, and a gym is stocked with a Pilates reformer, a Peloton bike and other high-end workout equipment.Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 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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Roll out dough: Place dough between 2 sheets of parchment paper dusted with flour, and roll into a circle about 14 inches in diameter and about 1/8-inch thick.Liv Dansky, Southern Living, 8 Dec. 2024
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The pals, played by Hacks’ Megan Stalter and actor Owen Thiele, quickly begin to suspect that this guy is in fact Santa Claus, especially when Astin asks for a warm glass of milk and an oversized chocolate chip cookie dusted lightly with candy cane shards.Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2024
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The open cluster Westerlund 1 is located roughly 12,000 light-years away, residing behind a huge interstellar cloud of gas and dust.Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 14 Dec. 2024
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Thicker mid-level to high clouds will spread over the region through daybreak.Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 13 Dec. 2024
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Empty space threatens to overwhelm her lattice of pinpricks and sparkles; her granular timbres often seem on the verge of dissolving into nothingness.Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
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At this point, resisting the urge to rotate, the superfluid suddenly spawns a single quantum vortex — a whorl of atoms surrounding a column of nothingness that extends to the bottom of the bucket.Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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However, any prospective investors will have to overcome a significant mental hurdle: namely, Armour’s horrific dividend track record.Brett Owens, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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But the Voyager team has become increasingly creative to keep both probes flying, and soon, the challenges may be too great to overcome.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
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So can breathing in the fumes be bad for your health?Sherri Gordon, Health, 3 Oct. 2024
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Close the drain tightly with a plug to prevent chlorine fumes from escaping.Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2024
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“Smoke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smoke. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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