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blow down

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verb

  1. to open a valve in a steam boiler to eject any sediment that has collected

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“Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines,” the National Weather Service said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 25, 2025

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

Their chief work would come at night, when the wind would turn and blow down canyon, and they might successfully back-fire.

From Unexplored! by Allen Chaffee

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