blow up meaning and definition

BLOW UP verb

Definition of blow up (verb)

1. cause to burst with a violent release of energy
   • "We exploded the nuclear bomb"
   • synonyms: detonate, explode, set off
2. make large
   • "blow up an image"
   • synonyms: enlarge, magnify
   • antonym: reduce
3. 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: blow a fuse, blow one's stack, 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
4. add details to
   • synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad
5. burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reactio
   • "the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"
   • synonyms: detonate, explode
6. exaggerate or make bigger
   • "The charges were inflated"
   • synonyms: amplify, expand, inflate
7. fill with gas or air
   • "inflate a balloons"
   • synonyms: inflate
   • antonym: deflate
8. to swell or cause to enlarge
   • "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"
   • synonyms: puff, puff out, puff up