Phrase guide
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verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, away.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To cause to go away by blowing, or by wind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To disperse or to depart on currents of air.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To leave, depart.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, intransitive
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verb
To kill (someone) by shooting them with a firearm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, transitive
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verb
To utterly destroy, especially with overwhelming force.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, idiomatic, transitive
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verb
To flabbergast; to impress greatly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, idiomatic, transitive
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verb
To overwhelm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To cause to go away; to get rid of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To delete (data, files, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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History
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Across languages
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
