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Blow up

Blow up Meaning & Definition
Blow up Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Blow up?

[v] (photography) make large; "blow up an image"
[v] to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
[v] fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons"
[v] exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"
[v] cause to explode; "We exploded the nuclear bomb"
[v] add details to
[v] blow one's stack; fly off the handle, flip one's wig; lose one's temper; blow a fuse; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Blow up: aggrandise | aggrandize | amplify | combust | detonate | dramatise | dramatize | embellish | embroider | enlarge | explode | inflate | lard | magnify | pad | puff | puff out | puff up | set off | throw a fit

Related Terms | Find terms related to Blow up: accelerate | add to | adulate | aggrandize | aggravate | amplify | annoy | apotheosize | arouse | augment | awake | awaken | backfire | be angry | be excitable | beef up | belaud | belie | bellow | bepraise | blast | bless | blitz | bloat | blow | blow a fuse | blow a gasket | blow a hurricane | blow great guns | blow out | blow over | blow sky-high | blow the coals | blow to pieces | blow up | blueprint | bluster | boast of | boil | boil over | bomb | bombard | brag about | brain | breeze | breeze up | brew | bring down | bristle | broaden | build | build up | bulk | bulk out | burn | burn to death | burst | bust | call forth | call up | catch fire | catch the infection | celebrate | come apart | come to nothing | come up | complicate | concentrate | condense | consolidate | crescendo | cry up | cut down | cut to pieces | deal a deathblow | deepen | deflate | deify | detonate | develop | dilate | discharge | disconfirm | discredit | disintegrate | disprove | distend | double | drop | emblazon | enhance | enkindle | enlarge | enrage | eulogize | exacerbate | exaggerate | exalt | excite | excite easily | expand | explode | expose | extend | extol | fail miserably | fan | fan the fire | fan the flame | feed the fire | fell | fire | fire up | fizz out | fizzle | fizzle out | flame | flame up | flare up | flash up | flatter | flip | fly out | foment | frag | frenzy | freshen | fulminate | fume | gather | get excited | get nowhere | give the quietus | glorify | go into hysterics | go off | go phut | gun down | hang up | have a tantrum | heat | heat up | heighten | hero-worship | hike | hike up | hit the ceiling | hop up | hot up | huff | idolize | impassion | incense | incinerate | incite | increase | inflame | inflate | infuriate | intensify | invalidate | jazz up | jugulate | key up | kindle | lapidate | lather up | laud | lay low | let off | light the fuse | light up | lionize | madden | magnify | make complex | make much of | mine | misfire | move | mushroom | negate | negative | overexcite | overpraise | panegyrize | pay tribute | pipe up | pistol | poleax | poop out | porter aux nues | praise | print | process | prove the contrary | puff | puff up | pump | pump up | puncture | rage | raise | ramify | ramp | rant | rant and rave | rarefy | rave | redouble | reinforce | riddle | rouse | run a temperature | salute | seethe | set astir | set fire to | set in | set off | set on fire | sharpen | shoot | shoot down | shoot to death | shotgun | show up | silence | smolder | soup up | spring | squall | stab to death | steam up | step up | stir | stir the blood | stir the embers | stir the feelings | stir up | stone | stone to death | storm | strengthen | stretch | strike dead | sufflate | summon up | swell | take fire | touch off | triple | trumpet | turn a hair | turn on | undercut | up | vaporize | waft | wake | wake up | waken | warm | warm the blood | whet | whiff | whiffle | whip up | widen | work into | work up

See Also | amplify | billow | burst | change integrity | dynamite | exaggerate | expand | fulminate | glorify | heave | hyerbolise | hyperbolize | increase | intumesce | magnify | overdraw | overstate | rage | reflate | surge | swell | swell up | tumefy

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