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| VERB | 1 | blow up, explode, detonate, set off | Cause to burst with a violent release of energy |
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| 2 | blow up, enlarge, magnify | Make large | |
| 3 | blow up, flip one's lid, 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 | Get very angry and fly into a rage | |
| 4 | blow up, embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, dramatize, dramatise | Add details to | |
| 5 | blow up, detonate, explode | Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon" | |
| 6 | blow up, inflate, expand, amplify | Exaggerate or make bigger | |
| 7 | blow up, inflate | Fill with gas or air | |
| 8 | blow up, puff, puff up, puff out | To swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs" |
| Meaning | Cause to burst with a violent release of energy. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Synonyms | explode, detonate, set off |
| Cause to | detonate, explode, blow up |
| Broader | change integrity |
| Narrower | fulminate; dynamite |
| Nouns | blowup |
| Meaning | Make large. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "blow up an image" |
| Synonyms | enlarge, magnify |
| Contrary | reduce, scale down |
| Category | photography, picture taking |
| Broader | increase |
| Nouns | blowup |
| Meaning | Get very angry and fly into a rage. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | flip one's lid, 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 |
| Caused by | combust |
| Broader | rage |
| Nouns | blowup |
| Meaning | Add details to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something with something |
| Model | They won't blow up the story |
| Synonyms | embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, dramatize, dramatise |
| Broader | overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify |
| Narrower | glorify |
| Meaning | Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon". |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Synonyms | detonate, explode |
| Caused by | explode, detonate, blow up, set off |
| Meaning | Exaggerate or make bigger. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | inflate, expand, amplify |
| Broader | increase |
| Narrower | puff up |
| Meaning | Fill with gas or air. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | inflate |
| Contrary | deflate |
| Broader | expand |
| Narrower | reflate; billow, surge, heave |
| Meaning | To swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs". |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Model | Did his feet blow up? |
| Synonyms | puff, puff up, puff out |
| Broader | swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce |
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