blow up

verbs

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