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blow up

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

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

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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

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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