BLOWN OFF Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

blown off

verb

past participle of blow off

as in left

to end a usually intimate relationship with before she embarks on another relationship, she should try to figure out why all those other men have blown her off

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as in missed

to fail to attend blew off the committee meeting, thinking that it would just be a colossal waste of time

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Recent Examples of blown off The weather resulted in multiple reports of fallen trees, according to Green, as well as an industrial building near Interstate 30 that had its garage doors blown off. — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 23 Aug. 2026 Photos and video on social media show the roof of a motel being blown off and damage to other buildings along Route 13 northeast of downtown. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Arriving crews found that the building’s rain roof had been blown off and strewn across the south parking lot, Nolan said. — Kansas City Star, 19 Aug. 2026 Three men in their 70s were slightly injured — two of them were caught in the wind and a third one fell from a stool, apparently blown off by the wind while preparing for the storm, the Okinawa prefecture said. — ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026 After defeating Troy and setting sail for home, Odysseus, the ruler of a small kingdom, and his men are blown off course. — Brent Lang, Variety, 21 July 2026 Odysseus continues his journey as his ship is blown off course by Aeolus, the God of Wind, and eventually lands on the island of Aeaea, where the goddess/witch Circe (Samantha Morton) turns Odysseus’ crew into pigs. — Skyler Trepel, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026 In this upside-down world there’d be a pig like Ted Waters, who, one blue winter night on a concrete highway outside Marjah, had his leg blown off by a bomb disguised as a guardrail. — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026 Earlier Sunday, one person was also found dead in Sedgwick County, Kansas, after authorities responded to a report of a home being blown off its foundation during the storms, the county said in a statement. — Briana Waxman, CNN Money, 22 June 2026

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These men never anticipated being dumped in a New Jersey ditch so far from home.

— Jennifer Janofsky, The Conversation, 28 Aug. 2026
Younger artists were nipping at her heels, and her record company dumped her.

— Martha Ackmann, Vulture, 27 Aug. 2026

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Right tackle Luke Goedeke tore his plantar fascia and suffered a severe foot contusion, and missed six games.

— Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
Bell, a fourth-round draft pick after his record-breaking senior year at UConn, missed the first two preseason games with a groin injury but starred in his debut against the Pittsburgh Steelers at the brand new Highmark Stadium on Thursday night.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of missed

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That more aggressive timeline, combined with a town council that had skipped increases to water rates in the past, meant Gilbert needed to raise money for its new projects quickly.

— Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
Acosta, who subbed on in the 87th minute for Eddi Tagseth, skipped a first-touch shot, off a free kick played by Mukhtar, inside the left post in the 90th and Qasem capped the scoring in the sixth minute of stoppage time.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026

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