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List of meaning for blow up

explode, detonate, blow up, set off(verb)

cause to burst with a violent release of energy

"We exploded the nuclear bomb"

blow up, enlarge, magnify(verb)

make large

"blow up an image"

flip one's lid, blow up, 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(verb)

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"

embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise(verb)

add details to

detonate, explode, blow up(verb)

burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"

"The Molotov cocktail exploded"

inflate, blow up, expand, amplify(verb)

exaggerate or make bigger

"The charges were inflated"

inflate, blow up(verb)

fill with gas or air

"inflate a balloons"

puff, puff up, blow up, puff out(verb)

to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"

"puffed out chests"

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