Blow up

Synonyms for "blow up" (313 found)

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Closest matches (63)

accelerateadd toadulate aggrandize aggravate amplify anger annoy apotheosize arouse augment awake awaken backfirebe angrybe excitablebeef upbelaud belie bellow

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bepraise blast bless blitz bloat blowblow a fuseblow a gasketblow a hurricaneblow great gunsblow outblow overblow sky-highblow the coalsblow to piecesblueprint blusterboast ofboilboil overbomb bombardbrag aboutbrain breezebreeze upbrewbring downbristle broaden buildbuild upbulkbulk outburnburn to deathburst bust

Verb(5 words)

aggrandise aggrandize amplifyblow a fuseblow one's stack

Strong matches (94)

call forthcall upcatch firecatch the infectioncelebratecome apartcome to nothingcome upcomplicate concentrate condense consolidate crescendocry upcut downcut to piecesdeal a deathblowdeepen deflate deify

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detonate develop dilate discharge disconfirm discredit disintegrate disprove distend double drop emblazon enhance enkindle enlarge enrage erupt eulogize exacerbate exaggerate exalt exciteexcite easilyexpand explode expose extend extolfail miserablyfanfan the firefan the flamefeed the firefell fill firefire upfizz outfizzlefizzle outflameflame upflareflare upflash upflatter flipfly outfoment forget frag frenzy freshen fulminate fume gatherget excitedget nowheregive the quietusglorify go

Verb(12 words)

combust detonate dramatise dramatize embellish embroider enlarge expand explodeflip one's lidflip one's wigfly off the handle

Noun(1 words)

dynamiting

Related words (156)

Verb(15 words)

go ballistichave a fithave kittenshit the ceilinghit the roofinflate lardlose one's tempermagnify pad puffpuff outpuff upset offthrow a fit

go into hystericsgo offgo phutgo up in smokegun downhang uphave a tantrumheatheat upheightenhero worshiphero-worship hikehike uphit the ceilinghop uphot uphuff idolize impassion

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incense incinerate incite increase inflame inflate infuriate intensify invalidatejazz upjugulatekey upkindle lapidatelather uplaudlay lowlet offlight the fuselight uplionize madden magnify makemake complexmake much ofmine misfire move mushroom negate negative overexcite overpraise overstate panegyrizepay tributepipe uppistol poleaxpoop outporter aux nuespraise print processprove the contrarypuffpuff uppumppump uppuncture rage raise ramify ramp rantrant and raverarefy rave redouble reinforce riddle rouserun a temperaturesalute seetheset astirset fire toset inset offset on firesharpen shootshoot downshoot to deathshotgunshow upsilence smoldersoup upspring squallstab to deathsteam upstep upstirstir the bloodstir the embersstir the feelingsstir upstonestone to deathstorm strengthen stretchstrike deadsufflatesummon upswelltake firetouch offtriple trumpetturn a hairturn onundercut up vaporize waft wakewake upwaken warmwarm the bloodwhet whiff whifflewhip upwidenwork intowork up

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More general

18 entries

amplify burstchange integrityexaggerate expand explode hyperbolise hyperbolize increase intumesce magnify overdraw overstate rage swellswell up

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Antonyms

1 entries

reduce

Translations

71 translations across 28 languages.

Armenian

4 entries

գմփալ verb (to explode (intransitive))
գմփցնել verb (to explode (transitive))
պայթել verb (to explode (intransitive))
պայթեցնել verb (to explode (transitive))

Azerbaijani

2 entries

partlamaq verb (to explode (intransitive))
partlatmaq verb (to explode (transitive))

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᏔᏍᎩᏍᏗᎭ verb (to explode (transitive))

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

炸掉 verb (to explode (transitive))
炸掉 verb (to explode (intransitive))
爆破 verb (to explode (transitive))

Danish

3 entries

eksplodere verb (to explode (intransitive))
springe i luften verb (to explode (intransitive))
sprænge i luften verb (to explode (transitive))

Esperanto

2 entries

eksplodi verb (to explode (intransitive))
eksplodigi verb (to explode (transitive))

Finnish

3 entries

posahtaa verb (to explode (intransitive))
räjähtää verb (to explode (intransitive))
räjäyttää verb (to explode (transitive))

French

1 entries

faire sauter verb (to explode (transitive))

Georgian

1 entries

აფეთქება verb (to explode (transitive))

German

2 entries

explodieren verb (to explode (intransitive))
sprengen verb (to explode (transitive))

Greek

2 entries

ανατινάζω verb (to explode (transitive))
ανατινάζω verb (to explode (intransitive))

Hebrew

2 entries

התפוצץ verb (to explode (intransitive))
פוצץ verb (to explode (transitive))

Hungarian

2 entries

felrobban verb (to explode (intransitive))
felrobbant verb (to explode (transitive))

Ingrian

2 entries

reppiä verb (to explode (intransitive))
revittää verb (to explode (transitive))

Irish

2 entries

pléasc verb (to explode (transitive))
pléasc verb (to explode (intransitive))

Italian

3 entries

esplodere verb (to explode (intransitive))
saltare in aria verb (to explode (transitive))
saltare in aria verb (to explode (intransitive))

Japanese

2 entries

爆発する verb (to explode (intransitive))
爆破する verb (to explode (transitive))

Korean

1 entries

폭파하다 verb (to explode (transitive))

Mongolian

2 entries

дэлбэлэх verb (to explode (transitive))
тэсрэх verb (to explode (transitive))

Polish

2 entries

wybuchać verb (to explode (intransitive))
wysadzać verb (to explode (transitive))

Portuguese

2 entries

explodir verb (to explode (transitive))
explodir verb (to explode (intransitive))

Romanian

4 entries

arunca în aer verb (to explode (transitive))
detona verb (to explode (transitive))
detona verb (to explode (intransitive))
exploda verb (to explode (transitive))

Russian

4 entries

взорва́ть verb (to explode (transitive))
взорва́ться verb (to explode (intransitive))
взрыва́ть verb (to explode (transitive))
взрыва́ться verb (to explode (intransitive))

Spanish

4 entries

desenmascarar verb (blow up someone's spot)
explotar verb (to explode (intransitive))
petar verb (to explode (intransitive))
saltar por los aires verb (to explode (intransitive))

Swedish

2 entries

explodera verb (to explode (intransitive))
spränga verb (to explode (transitive))

Turkish

2 entries

havaya uçmak verb (to explode (intransitive))
havaya uçurmak verb (to explode (transitive))

Ukrainian

4 entries

ви́бухнути verb (to explode (intransitive))
ви́садити в пові́тря verb (to explode (transitive))
вибуха́ти verb (to explode (intransitive))
виса́джувати в пові́тря verb (to explode (transitive))

Vietnamese

1 entries

nổ verb (to explode (transitive))

Sample sentences

48 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

See if you can blow the bubbles up the staircase.

Source: wiktionary

Trying blowing up it at an angle instead of directly across it.

Source: wiktionary

Why do cars in movies always blow up when they fall off a cliff?

Source: wiktionary

In dense fog at about 10.25 p.m. on the night of October 25, two tank barges carrying petroleum [...] missed the entrance to the docks at Sharpness and were carried up the River Severn by the incoming tide. They collided with one of the piers of the Severn Bridge, carrying the Berkeley Road-Lydney branch of the Western Region, and as a result of the collision both tankers blew up.

Source: wiktionary

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