 blow_up |
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| 1. | [ verb ] cause to explode | |
| Synonyms: | explode detonate set_off | |
| Examples: | "We exploded the nuclear bomb" |
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| Related terms: | change_integrity dynamite fulminate explosion explosion detonator explode | |
| 2. | [ verb ] make large | |
| Synonyms: | enlarge magnify | |
| Examples: | "blow up an image" |
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| Related terms: | reduce increase photography magnifier enlargement | |
| 3. | [ verb ] exaggerate or make bigger | |
| Synonyms: | expand inflate amplify | |
| Examples: | "The charges were inflated" |
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| Related terms: | increase puff_up | |
| 4. | [ verb ] fill with gas or air | |
| Synonyms: | inflate | |
| Examples: | "inflate a balloons" |
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| Related terms: | deflate expand billow reflate inflation | |
| 5. | [ verb ] add details to | |
| Synonyms: | pad embellish dramatize aggrandise aggrandize dramatise lard embroider | |
| Related terms: | overstate glorify drama embellishment | |
| 6. | [ verb ] get very angry and fly into a rage | |
| Synonyms: | blow_a_fuse blow_one's_stack combust flip_one's_lid flip_one's_wig fly_off_the_handle go_ballistic have_a_fit have_kittens hit_the_ceiling hit_the_roof lose_one's_temper throw_a_fit | |
| Examples: | "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question" "Spam makes me go ballistic" |
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| Related terms: | rage effusion | |
| 7. | [ verb ] to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs" | |
| Synonyms: | puff_up puff_out puff | |
| Related terms: | swell puffer | |
| Similar spelling: |
blowup blow_off |
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