Blow Up Synonyms and Antonyms
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Synonyms for Blow Up
To rupture is to break or burst, or to cause to break or burst.
To cause to burst:
To cause to seem or appear larger than is really so; increase the apparent size of, esp. by means of a lens or lenses
To attack, damage, or destroy with a bomb or bombs
To exaggerate is defined as to stretch the truth or to make something seem bigger than it is.
A powerful explosive used in blasting and mining. It typically consists of nitroglycerin and a nitrate (especially sodium nitrate or ammonium nitrate), combined with an absorbent material that makes it safer to handle.
To make larger; increase in size, volume, extent, etc.; broaden; expand
enlarge on
To magnify
To state in exaggerated terms.
become angry or enraged
*To lose one's temper
To attend a rave.
To puff is defined as to blow in short bouts of wind or air, or to fill with air.
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to swell or cause to enlarge,
To enlarge upon (a topic, idea, etc.); develop in detail
To develop more fully, as with details, examples, statistics, etc.
(Intransitive) To explode; to blow up. Specifically, to combust supersonically via shock compression.
To stitch a decorative design on fabric with needle and thread of various colours.
To line or stuff with soft material.
To cover or coat with lard or a similar fat.
To add ornamental or fictitious details to:
(British) Alternative form of aggrandize.
To adapt (a story or literary work) for dramatic presentation, as in a theater or on television or radio.
get very angry and fly into a rage
(Intransitive, idiomatic) to be explosively angry
(Intransitive, idiomatic) to be explosively angry. To lose one's temper
(Idiomatic) To become suddenly enraged.
To undergo or cause to undergo combustion; burn
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get very angry and fly into a rage
get very angry and fly into a rage
get very angry and fly into a rage
(Idiomatic) To become very angry and irrational.
(Mil. Slang) To intentionally kill or wound (one's superior officer, etc.), esp. with a hand grenade
To form swells, or large waves
To throw forth lava, water, steam, etc., as a volcano or geyser
lose self-control
*To lose one's temper
(Intransitive) To increase or become great.
Antonyms for Blow Up
be calm
burst with anger
To make or become smaller or less important
To become reduced in amount or value; dwindle:
To lose or cause to lose vitality or intensity:
To disregard deliberately; pay no attention to; refuse to consider
(Medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.
Words Related to Blow Up
To break forth noisily
To put something into (a container, for example) to capacity or to a desired level:
The definition of attack is to make an attempt to hurt someone or something (physically or verbally), to destroy someone or something, to impact someone or something in a dangerous manner, or to forcibly take someone or something.
To put to death; kill:
To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment
To be forceful, violent, uncontrolled, etc.
To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
blowing-up
set fire to
crash into
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