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Words related to blow up

Related / Similar Words: enlarge, magnify, puff, puff up, puff out, inflate, expand, amplify, explode, detonate, set off, embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, dramatize, dramatise, 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

Definition:

make large; "blow up an image";

to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs";

fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons";

exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated";

cause to explode; "We exploded the nuclear bomb";

add details to;

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";

Hyponyms: reflate, billow, surge, heave, puff up, fulminate, dynamite, glorify

Derivational Morphology: magnitude, magnification, enlargement, blowup, magnifier, enlarger, puffer, blowfish, globefish, inflation, inflater, inflator, explosion, detonation, detonator, detonating device, cap, burst, drama, dramatic event, aggrandizement, aggrandisement, elevation, embellishment, embroidery, effusion, gush, outburst, ebullition

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