blow away
To remove (files and directories) from permanent storage, generally by accident. "He reformatted the wrong partition and blew away last night's netnews".
Compare: nuke. [Jargon File]Last updated: 1996-01-05
Nearby terms:
Blosim ♦ blow an EPROM ♦ blow away ♦ blowing your buffer ♦ blow out
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