Blow Up (Verb)
Meaning 1
Cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 2
Add details to.
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 3
Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction; "the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 4
Fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 5
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".
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Verbs of feeling.
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- Lose One's Temper
- Throw A Fit
- Combust
- Hit The Ceiling
- Blow A Fuse
- Have Kittens
- Go Ballistic
- Flip One's Lid
- Hit The Roof
- Fly Off The Handle
- Flip One's Wig
- Have A Fit
- Blow One's Stack
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Meaning 6
To swell or cause to enlarge; "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- His chest started to blow up like a balloon as he held his breath underwater too long.
- In the still air the balloons began to slowly blow up to their full sizes.
- Her face started to blow up like a blown-up balloon an hour after taking the medication.
- After running around for hours on a hot summer day, he could feel his face start to blow up.
- The balloons would begin to slowly blow up as they were filled with air from the compressor.
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Meaning 7
Make large; "blow up an image".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..