Definitions
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- v. Past participle of blow away
Examples
“Meanwhile, the other 4,000 tons remained uncovered on the beach in Gonaïves, decreasing in size as more and more of it was blown away or washed into the sea each rainy season.”
“The sea created after this piece of coast had been blown away was later given the name the Scheuchzer See, and it was the destination for countless school trips for German children singing their favourite newt anthem, Solche Erfolche erreichen nur deutsche Molche.”
“Armor-piercing shot struck steel armor plate and blasted out fountains of snow from the earth that were blown away by the wind.”
“He experienced the Polish cavalry attacks near Pomorska and Petrikau, which saw the Polish horsemen mount a charge against the German tanks before being blown away like chaff.”
“Linda McEntee sets the stage for this chapter in order that you can hear from others who were blown away by that which was far too deep to fathom.”
“It had been blown away by Harper's seven-barreled gun with which Bautista had committed suicide.”
“It was a fine calm morning, but when we had gone about two miles along shore a very heavy gale came on, our sails were blown away and with great difficulty we reached Cape Spada, rowing for two hours within fifty yards of the shore, and could not reach it.”
Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N.
““So between your boudoir photos and that nasty book of yours, Walter is going to be blown away by his hot-to-trot wife.””
“She had received twenty heavy-caliber shell hits; two armor plates had been torn from her bow, leaving an enormous hole open to the sea; her masts and rigging were shattered; most signal halyards were blown away or burned; her wireless apparatus was damaged so that she could receive but not send messages.”
“It had recently, however, been despatched with a cargo to Cheefoo, had been blown away north by a gale, and forced to run into the harbour at Port Arthur to escape the Japanese.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘blown away’.
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Ways to find out
a good way, the hard way, one way, on the road to, a bad way, an easy way, another way, my way, edgeways, know way, thoroughfare, back way and 42 more...
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Movies I've Seen
There's a jar I've been adding movie ticket stubs to since about age twelve. I am pleased to have a more accessible way of keeping track of the movies I've seen. Even if some are pretty embarrassin...
ghostbusters, amadeus, miller's crossing, no reservations, hoot, insomnia, master and commander, the matrix, o brother, where ..., night of the comet, the dark knight, tropic thunder and 489 more...
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You Broke It!
After the school bully breaks your new yo-yo, you can use these words to describe it. All hail the carnage!
broken, faulty, slipshod, weak, destroyed, dismantled, busted, cracked, chipped, bent, shattered, irreparable and 147 more...
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