Synonyms for blow up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : bloh

Phonetic Transcription : bloʊ

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Définition of blow up

Origin : "explode," 1590s, from blow (v.1) + up. As a noun, it is recorded from 1809 in the sense "outburst, quarrel." Meaning "enlargement from a photograph" is attested by 1945.

verb inflate
verb explode
verb magnify importance
verb burst with anger

Example sentences :

No doubt a wicked attempt to blow up the Observatory, they say.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

I mean to blow up the bears en masse with 100 lbs of powder.
Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne

I know how to make them hungry and thirsty and I've got a balloon that I can blow up—see?
Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

You give the fing to me; I'll blow up our 'ouse—it's an ugly little 'ouse.
Extract from : « The Foundations (Fourth Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy

He had engaged in no plot to blow up King, Lords and Commons.
Extract from : « The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion, Volume 1 » by John Charles Dent

"If we could only blow up that train," exclaimed Earl eagerly.
Extract from : « Fighting in France » by Ross Kay

They had tried to blow up Rockycana in the Thein Church with gunpowder.
Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton

"But you did not blow up the track at all," hastily put in Frank.
Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Bravery » by Burt L. Standish

At Hawarden gunpowder has been used to blow up portions of the Keep.
Extract from : « The Hawarden Visitors' Hand-Book » by William Henry Gladstone

If the money is not forthcoming they promise to blow up every building on the farm.
Extract from : « The Rover Boys in the Air » by Edward Stratemeyer

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