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blew

verb

Simple past tense of blow

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The following day he totally blew a gasket, saying that Ed Balls' description of Liam Byrne's "there's no money left" note as a joke was "frankly the most appalling thing I have heard in this election campaign so far".

Bratton doesn't accept blame for the stop-and-frisk explosion that blew up after he moved on from his first stint as NYPD commissioner from 1994 until 1996.

The state news channel Syria TV quoted a government official as saying two improvised explosives planted by "terrorists" blew up near the "Sons of Martyrs" school in Damascus.

The reason they have dropped so far is a planned parade to commemorate two IRA men who blew themselves up transporting a bomb into the town almost 40 years ago.

One night the 40-watt bulb in our change area blew just as I was disrobing.

He played with such power that he regularly blew his bass amplifier's speakers.

In the early heats, he blew past the field.

Last week, as the Tory faithful cheered on George Osborne's new cuts in benefits for the working-age poor, a little story appeared that blew a big hole in the welfare debate.

I blew the whistle on the NSA's surveillance practices not because I believed that the United States was uniquely at fault, but because I believe that mass surveillance of innocents – the construction of enormous, state-run surveillance time machines that can turn back the clock on the most intimate details of our lives – is a threat to all people, everywhere, no matter who runs them.

His 47 goals in 88 games for the national team until 2006 made him the top Portugal goalscorer until Cristiano Ronaldo blew away that record with 49 goals in 109 matches.

Antonio Rosati pushed it away, and within seconds the final whistle blew, signalling the end of Torino's European dream.

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