blow down

VERB

fell

Synonyms

STRONGEST

drop flatten raze shoot shoot down slash tumble

STRONG

cleave cut dash demolish down floor gash ground hack hew level mangle prostrate rive sever split sunder

WEAK

bowl over bring down cause to fall cut down knock down knock over lay low mow down pull down strike down throw down

Antonyms

STRONGEST

raise

STRONG

aid assist build combine construct help join unite

WEAK

erect

VERB

raze

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bulldoze demolish destroy dynamite erase extinguish obliterate overthrow scatter smash topple wipe out wreck

STRONG

batter bomb capsize crash decimate delete efface expunge extirpate fell level overturn reduce remove ruin spill subvert total undo unmake upset wrack zap

WEAK

break down cast down mow down pull down rub out scratch out strike out tear down tear up throw down unbuild

Antonyms

STRONGEST

build construct create fix repair restore

STRONG

grow place raise win

Example Sentences

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Forecasters advised that “damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are possible. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2024

It’s almost time for Mother Winter to blow down the door and wipe the fields clean.

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2022

Gusts that strong can blow down branches and drought-stressed trees and cause power outages, warned weather service meteorologist Ryan Walbrun.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 18, 2022

Mr Archer says that it's vital to keep planting trees - even though they can blow down.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2022

She scraped along, striking the ice on either side; and with every blow, down came fragments from above.

From Dr. Grenfell's Parish The Deep Sea Fisherman by Duncan, Norman

blow down

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