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past tense of blow up
Synonyms & Antonyms of blew up
1
to become very angry
- she blew up at everybody after a very long and very bad day
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- flared (up),
- flipped (out)
- [slang]
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- chilled out
- [slang],
- cooled (off or down),
- relaxed
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2
to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure
- the building blew up because of a gas leak
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- ballooned,
- burgeoned
- (also bourgeoned),
- mushroomed
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3
to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive
- blew up the biggest rocks and then cleared them away
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4
to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively
- the advertisement blows the new soda up to the point where I half expected to be transported to a higher level of consciousness
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