blows
Punches or gusts
Blows is the plural noun meaning strikes or punches: The boxer absorbed several blows to the head.
Fortune dealt him many blows.
Also gusts of wind: Strong blows came off the ocean.
As a verb, blows means moves air or, in slang, performs oral sex or is disappointing: The wind blows hard here.
She blows him regularly.
That really blows.
Strike with fist
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- hitSuccessful contact or strike
- wallopForceful strike or defeat
- thumpHeavy dull blow
smack · slug · knockout · uppercut · jab · hammer · pummel · beatdown
Air current outdoors
- galeSevere sustained wind
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
draft · billowing · gusting · blustery · howling · whistling · whipping · buffeting
Sadness from unmet expectations
- misfortuneAdverse circumstance or event
- defeatVictory over another
- failureLack of success
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
reversal · loss · tragedy · shock · devastation · crushing · devastating · stumbling block
Pointed animal headgear
- trumpetValved brass wind instrument
- tromboneSlide-operated brass instrument
- tubaLowest brass instrument
- saxophoneReed instrument, brass body
clarinet · flute · harmonica · bugle · whistle · bagpipes · oboe · bassoon
punch
Strike with fist
thump · smack · slug · knockout · uppercut · jab · hammer · pummel · beatdown · fisticuffs
wind
Air current outdoors
tempest · draft · billowing · gusting · blustery · howling · whistling · whipping · buffeting · swirling
disappointment
Sadness from unmet expectations
- misfortuneAdverse circumstance or event
- defeatVictory over another
- failureLack of success
hardship · reversal · loss · tragedy · shock · devastation · crushing · devastating · stumbling block · obstacle
horn
Pointed animal headgear
- trumpetValved brass wind instrument
- tromboneSlide-operated brass instrument
- tubaLowest brass instrument
saxophone · clarinet · flute · harmonica · bugle · whistle · bagpipes · oboe · bassoon · recorder
exhale
Expel breath outward
dandelion · bubbles · balloon · cooling · whistling · lung · air · huffing · winded · respiration
detonates
Causes to explode
dynamite · demolition · shrapnel · debris · shockwave · kaboom · sky-high · smithereens · fuse · powder keg
- corporal punishmentflogging, whipping, caning, lashing, beating
- tradeable thingsstocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, futures
- woundswound, wounded, bullet wound, wounds, ulcer
- blow upViolently burst apart
- blowing upExpanding or detonating
- blown awayOverwhelmed with amazement
- blow outExtinguish with breath
- blow awayOverwhelm with amazement
- blown upEnlarged or destroyed explosively
blow, blown, blowing, blower, overblown, blowers, blowhard, blowed, snowblower