blow

/bloʊ/ v [I/T] (past tense blew /blu/, past participle blown /bloʊn/) (DESTROY)

Definition

› to destroy something in an explosion or to be destroyed in this way: [T] The gas explosion blew a huge hole in the ground. [M] The explosion from the gas leak blew all the windows out. › infml To blow a sum of money is to spend it in a foolish way: [T] I blew my first paycheck on a night out with my friends.

(Definition of blow v (DESTROY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)