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blow up

— verb (= explode) cause to burst with a violent release of energy We exploded the nuclear bomb — verb make large blow up an image — verb (= inflate) exaggerate or make bigger The charges were inflated — verb (= inflate) fill with gas or air inflate a balloons — verb (= combust, go ballistic) get very angry and fly into a rage The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question Spam makes me go ballistic — verb (= puff, puff up, puff out) to swell or cause to enlarge Her faced puffed up from the drugs puffed out chests — verb (= detonate, explode) burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction the bomb detonated at noon The Molotov cocktail exploded — verb (= embroider) add details to

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explode inflate blast burst detonate magnify pump up puff up enlarge swell set off send up go up exaggerate rage puff out puff pad increase go off go ballistic fly off the handle fill with air explosion expand erupt dramatize combust amplify throw a fit overstate lose one’s temper lard hit the roof hit the ceiling have kittens have a fit flip one’s wig flip one’s lid flip fill up embroider embellish dramatise bomb blowing up blow one’s stack blow on blow a fuse blow