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Meaning: (idiomatic)Totrounce; todefeatthoroughly, as at agameor inbattle.2011, G. George,Another Job, page166:This turn of events sheds a whole new light on the case. Destiny's attorneys seem to have a new pep in their step. They get busy making phone calls and assuring the family that things are about to turn in their favor. "We now have information toblowthemout of the water!" the lead attorney asserts vigorously.; (nautical)Torapidlydestroy(avessel) withoverwhelmingweaponsfire.2020May 3, Drachinifel, 39:34 from the start, inThe Drydock - Episode 092[1], archived fromthe originalon1 October 2022:[…]And if I open fire - again, reading into the fact they've come clearly cleared for action and thereisa mutual defense pact in place - well, I might survive a few fractions of a second longer than I would if I pointed my guns straightatthem, but I'm still not really gonna be coming out of this intact, so... I'mnotsuicidal; I'mnotgonna actuallyfulfillany of my mission objectives by getting myselfblown out of the water; so, yeah, I - I would be frantically radioing theKriegsmarineheadquarters, saying "please, could I have some new orders, or, if Iamgoing to have to die, can you please confirm that that's the case?"[…]2021March 10, Drachinifel, 27:16 from the start, inGuadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN)[2], archived fromthe originalon7 November 2022:The somewhat-shatteredSan Franciscoalso managed to make it out, although not before she'd come withinsecondsof beingblown out of the waterbyHelena, as the two had lost contact in the dark and the flagship had loomed back out of the murk with no one and nothing available to answer the light cruiser's challenge - the radio, the whistle, the signal lights, the flags, et cetera, hadallbeen destroyed. Luckily, one of the few surviving signalmen found a small handheld signal light and managed to blink out the ship's hull number.
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