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Blow up has 9 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

cause to burst with a violent release of energy

"We exploded the nuclear bomb"

2

make large

"blow up an image"

3

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"

5

burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction

"the bomb detonated at noon"

"The Molotov cocktail exploded"

6

exaggerate or make bigger

"The charges were inflated"

7

fill with gas or air

"inflate a balloons"

8

to swell or cause to enlarge

"Her faced puffed up from the drugs"

"puffed out chests"

9

To explode or be destroyed by explosion.

Example Sentences
"We exploded the nuclear bomb" verb
"blow up an image" verb
"The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question" verb
"Spam makes me go ballistic" verb
"the bomb detonated at noon" verb
"The Molotov cocktail exploded" verb
"The charges were inflated" verb
"inflate a balloons" verb
"Her faced puffed up from the drugs" verb
"puffed out chests" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
scale down deflate
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
change integrity increase rage overstate expand swell
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
fulminate dynamite glorify puff up reflate billow
Rhyming Words
2 up 7 up 1 up on up go up ey up re up do up tug up tee up bid up bag up end up eye up fog up fed up ton up rig up man up ice up
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