blowing up

Almost instantly, his phone “started blowing up” with a string of violent messages.

And if he gets his way on selections for some of the most important posts in government, he would put in place loyalists intent on blowing up the very departments they would lead.

Musk has long belittled fuel-cell vehicles and Trump has often talked about hydrogen cars blowing up like an “atomic bomb.”

With an unblocked defender blowing up the play in the backfield, Herbert cut back to his left, slithering through the defense for a four-yard touchdown.

Trump listened to him and over time the push-back among the national security professionals became so urgent that Putin realized he needed to pull back a bit or risk blowing up his strategy.