Word

blow up, v.
freq. cnt. 5

cause to burst with a violent release of energy
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blow up detonate explode set off

sample sentences

"We exploded the nuclear bomb"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

explosion explosion

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

blowup

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

detonative detonation detonator

semantic pointers

hypernym

change integrity

cause

detonate, explode, blow up

hyponym

fulminate dynamite

make large
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

blow up enlarge magnify

sample sentences

"blow up an image"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

enlargement enlarger

lexical pointers

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blowup

antonym

reduce

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magnification magnifier magnitude magnification

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

photography, picture taking

hypernym

increase

to swell or cause to enlarge
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

blow up puff puff out puff up

sample sentences

"Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
"puffed out chests"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

puffer

semantic pointers

hypernym

swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce

fill with gas or air
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blow up inflate

sample sentences

"inflate a balloons"

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derivationally related form

inflatable inflation inflator inflater

antonym

deflate

semantic pointers

hypernym

expand

hyponym

reflate surge, heave, billow

exaggerate or make bigger
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

amplify blow up expand inflate

sample sentences

"The charges were inflated"

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derivationally related form

expansive

semantic pointers

hypernym

increase

hyponym

puff up

burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
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blow up detonate explode

sample sentences

"the bomb detonated at noon"
"The Molotov cocktail exploded"

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derivationally related form

detonative detonation

add details to
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

aggrandise aggrandize blow up dramatise dramatize embellish embroider lard pad

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They won't %s the story

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derivationally related form

embellishment

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derivationally related form

drama

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derivationally related form

embroidery

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derivationally related form

aggrandizement

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

aggrandisement

semantic pointers

hyponym

glorify

hypernym

exaggerate, magnify, overstate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, amplify

get very angry and fly into a rage
<verb.emotion>

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

sample sentences

"The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"
"Spam makes me go ballistic"