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Definition of 'blow up'

Verb

  1. cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb"
       Synonyms: explode detonate set off
  2. make large; "blow up an image"
       Synonyms: enlarge magnify
       Antonyms: reduce scale down
  3. get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"
       Synonyms: flip one's lid throw a fit hit the roof hit the ceiling have kittens have a fit combust blow one's stack fly off the handle flip one's wig lose one's temper blow a fuse go ballistic
  4. add details to
       Synonyms: embroider pad lard embellish aggrandize aggrandise dramatize dramatise
  5. burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"
       Synonyms: detonate explode
  6. exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
       Synonyms: inflate expand amplify
  7. fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons"
       Synonyms: inflate
       Antonyms: deflate
  8. to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"
       Synonyms: puff puff up puff out


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