BLEW UP Synonyms: 117 Similar and Opposite Words

blew up

verb

past tense of blow up

as in angered

to become very angry she blew up at everybody after a very long and very bad day

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as in exploded

to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure the building blew up because of a gas leak

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as in shattered

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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as in cracked up

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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Recent Examples of blew up The accusations also blew up the film rights auction that UTA’s Jason Richman was reportedly getting ready to handle. — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2026 To Jones’ point, Uwazurike single-handedly blew up one run-sweep to Harvey in a 9-on-7 period, arriving in the backfield the near second Harvey even touched the ball. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 5 Aug. 2026 Linebacker Daiyan Henley blew up a carry from running back Kimani Vidal. — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 How about this social media post from NASCAR that absolutely blew up the internet over the weekend? — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026 As their last retreating act, Hussein’s soldiers blew up some 700 Kuwaiti oil wells, painting the sky black with smoke and igniting unchecked fires that burned for 10 months. — Wuft News, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026 Specifically in New York, a Swedish candy store called Bon Bon blew up and had influencers creating ASMR taste test videos. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026 Then, a few weeks later, Israel blew up the ongoing talks by assassinating both Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas representative leading peace talks in Qatar, and Mohammed Deif, a top decision-maker inside Gaza. — David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 But his strategy of deferring problems instead of seeking constructive solutions to them eventually blew up, resulting in the invasion of southern Israel and the deaths of 1,200 Israelis. — Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026

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They were angered by Armenia's agreement to hand over control of several border villages to Azerbaijan and normalize relations with its neighbor after being locked for decades in territorial disputes.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2026
The two exchanged words, and a Gilman shove angered Walker, who tackled him to the ground.

— Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026

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That memecoin briefly exploded in value – and then crashed in an epic selloff that left nearly a million investors facing losses.

— Matt Egan, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
When generative AI exploded, many of the legacy giants didn't rebuild their architecture to support real-time data pipelines or autonomous agents.

— Sridhar Yerramreddy, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of exploded

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After the upheaval of the coronavirus pandemic, followed by the writers’ and actors’ strikes that snarled the production pipeline, many industry observers feared that Zoomers were a lost demographic.

— Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026
The coronavirus pandemic snarled supply chains and raised labor and transportation costs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026

Definition of snarled

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The business daily Kommersant reported that the bomb, hidden in a gift box, was probably detonated remotely and the woman carrying it could have been unaware of the content.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
The committee said the woman was stopped by security before the bomb was detonated near the restaurant's entrance.

— Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of detonated

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Security video of the early April 9 morning burglary shows three men entered the business through a broken window, smashed the machines with sledge hammers and pried out the boxes while a fourth man acted as lookout, the report said.

— Dennis Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Harper, on his final night as a first baseman this season, smashed a two-run homer into the bushes beyond the center-field wall.

— Matt Gelb, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of smashed

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Trump announced last month that there had been a breakthrough in his plan to end the war, with Israeli forces withdrawing as Hamas disarms and an International Stabilization Force working with a new Palestinian police force to secure the enclave.

— Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
Brian’s Angels, a nonprofit homeless outreach in Bristol, announced that its community center will be closing at the end of August after 11 years.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026