blow up
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Definitions
Verb
cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb"
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make large; "blow up an image"
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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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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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exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
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fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons"
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to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"
Synonyms
aggrandise
aggrandize
amplify
blow a fuse
blow one''s stack
combust
detonate
dramatise
dramatize
embellish
embroider
enlarge
expand
explode
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
inflate
lard
lose one''s temper
magnify
pad
puff
puff out
puff up
set off
throw a fit
More General Terms
amplify
change integrity
exaggerate
expand
hyperbolise
hyperbolize
increase
intumesce
magnify
overdraw
overstate
rage
swell
swell up
tumefy
tumesce