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blowing out

verb as in put out

verb as in expel

verb as in extinguish

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All of the employees were constantly blowing out steam, some of it without even nicotine in it, let alone THC.

The group of men left behind then fired a gun at the limo, leaving five holes in it and blowing out one of its tires.

In 1968 outside Saigon, a mine blew up his armed personnel carrier, badly burning him and blowing out his eardrums.

He made a statement that people are blowing out of proportion.

In one primary, polls showed Carter blowing out Ronald Reagan, 60-34 percent.

She caught the hand which Oliver instinctively placed in hers, and, blowing out the light, drew him after her up the stairs.

Binns and myself thought that Ruggles, when he picked up the lieutenant's revolver, had some notion of blowing out his brains.

While you are putting on your night-caps and blowing out your candles there are others working like heroes.

Another filled his mouth with live coals from a brazier, and walked around blowing out sparks.

He was coming like a house afire, his long hair blowing out behind him, and he was howling like a Comanche.

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On this page you'll find 150 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to blow out, such as: dampen, daunt, debilitate, deject, disconcert, and discourage.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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