Definitions

blow up

VERB

inflate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fill

WEAK

billow bloat distend enlarge expand inflate puff up pump up swell

Antonyms

WEAK

be calm deflate ignore let go let out shrink shrivel

VERB

explode

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blast bomb burst detonate dynamite erupt go off rupture shatter

WEAK

mushroom

Antonyms

STRONGEST

mend

WEAK

be calm deflate ignore let go let out shrink shrivel

VERB

magnify importance

Synonyms

WEAK

enlarge exaggerate heighten overstate

Antonyms

WEAK

be calm deflate ignore let go let out shrink shrivel

VERB

burst with anger

Synonyms

STRONGEST

erupt

WEAK

become angry become enraged go off the deep end hit the roof lose control lose temper rage rave

Antonyms

WEAK

be calm deflate ignore let go let out shrink shrivel

blow-up

NOUN

blast

Synonyms

STRONGEST

burst crash detonation eruption explosion outbreak outburst volley

STRONG

bang discharge dynamite salvo

NOUN

detonation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ignition

STRONG

bang blast blowout boom discharge

NOUN

eruption

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blast breakout burst explosion flare-up outbreak outburst

STRONG

access discharge flow gust sally venting vomiting

Antonyms

STRONG

trickle

VERB

embroider

Synonyms

STRONGEST

embellish

STRONG

aggrandize amplify color distend dramatize elaborate enhance enlarge expand falsify fudge heighten hyperbolize lie magnify overdo overemphasize overestimate overstate pad puff romanticize stretch

WEAK

build up make federal case make mountain out of molehill overelaborate overembellish play up spread on thick stretch the truth yeast

Antonyms

STRONG

abridge compress condense contract curtail decrease diminish lessen lower reduce shorten shrink simplify

Example Sentences

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MarketWatch: What actually separates traders who make money consistently from those who blow up their accounts?

From MarketWatch • May 26, 2026

Poorly drafted emergency-power laws, some dating back to the early days of the Republic, are unexploded ordnance that could blow up the constitutional order.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

But my phone didn’t blow up that day because of a classic song.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

This commemorates the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 in which a group of English Catholics failed to blow up Parliament and kill the Protestant king.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Hence a large society that continues to leave conflict resolution to all of its members is guaranteed to blow up.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

blow up

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