1. [informal] Overcome with amazement
   "The magician's final trick blew away the entire audience";
   - flabbergast, boggle, bowl over
    
2. [informal] Beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight
   "We blew away the other team on Sunday!";
   - cream [informal], clobber [informal], drub [informal], thrash [informal], lick [informal], paste [informal], muller [Brit, informal], marmelize [Brit, informal], marmelise [Brit, informal], trounce, whale [N. Amer, informal], hammer [informal], wipe the floor [informal], marmalise [Brit, informal], beat hollow [informal], slaughter [informal], marmalize [Brit, informal], smoke [N. Amer, informal], shellack [N. Amer, informal], shellac [N. Amer, informal]
    
3. [informal] Kill by firing a gun
   "The hitman blew away his target";
   - shoot, pip [informal], smoke [N. Amer, informal]
    
4. Be carried away by wind or other air current
   "The loose papers blew away in the strong breeze"

Derived forms: blew away, blows away, blown away, blowing away

Type of: beat, beat out, crush, kill, shell [US], surprise, trounce, vanquish