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Blow up

verb
Word Frequency: 1.5

Definitions

1.verbTo explode or be destroyed by explosion.
"Why do cars in movies always blow up when they fall off a cliff?"
2.verbTo cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion.
"More civilians than soldiers have been blown up by anti-personnel mines."
3.verbTo inflate or fill with air, either by literally blowing or using an air pump.
"For the school science project, each student will blow up a balloon and then tie it closed."
4.verbTo enlarge or zoom in.
"Blow up the picture to get a better look at their faces."
5.verbTo fail disastrously.
6.verbTo become popular very quickly.
"This album is about to blow up; they’re being promoted on MTV."
7.verbTo suddenly get very angry.
"Dad blew up at me when I told him I was pregnant."
8.verbTo become much more fat or rotund in a short space of time.
9.verbTo inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up.
"to blow someone up with flattery"
10.verbTo excite.
"to blow up a contention"
11.verbTo scold violently.
"to blow up a person for some offence"
12.verbTo blow the whistle.
13.verbTo succumb to the oxygen debt and lose the ability to maintain pace in a race.
14.verbTo bombard with a large number of telephone calls, texts, etc.
15.verbTo cause a malodorous smell by flatulation or defecation
"Don't go in there...I really blew it up."

Synonyms

explodedetonateinflatepuff outset offpuff upexpandpuffthrow a fitenlargeamplifyaggrandize
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