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blow up

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

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

MWE

Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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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