blow up
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
to burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
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Senses
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to make larger
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to swell or cause to enlarge
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to fill with gas or air
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to exaggerate or make bigger
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to cause to burst with a violent release of energy
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to get very angry and fly into a rage
Classifications
Cognitive
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Automation
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Variants
- synonym
- blow a fuseblow one's stackdetonateenlargeexplodeflip one's lidflip one's wigfly off the handlego ballistichave a fithave kittenshit the ceilinghit the roofinflatelose one's temperset offthrow a fit
- pasttense
- blowed up
- presentparticiple
- blowing up
- thirdpersonsingular
- blows up
- pastparticiple
- blowed up