blow up

• blow up

blow up

Verb

cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb"

Synonyms:

• explode
• detonate
• blow up
• set off

Verb

make large; "blow up an image"

Synonyms:

• blow up
• enlarge
• magnify

Verb

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"

Synonyms:

• flip one's lid
• blow up
• throw a fit
• hit the roof
• hit the ceiling
• have kittens
• have a fit
• combust
• blow one's stack
• fly off the handle
• flip one's wig
• lose one's temper
• blow a fuse
• go ballistic

Verb

add details to

Synonyms:

• embroider
• pad
• lard
• embellish
• aggrandize
• aggrandise
• blow up
• dramatize
• dramatise

Verb

burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction; "the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"

Synonyms:

• detonate
• explode
• blow up

Verb

exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated"

Synonyms:

• inflate
• blow up
• expand
• amplify

Verb

fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons"

Synonyms:

• inflate
• blow up

Verb

to swell or cause to enlarge; "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"

Synonyms:

• puff
• puff up
• blow up
• puff out