BLEW UP Synonyms: 117 Similar and Opposite Words

blew up

verb

Definition of blew up next

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 video blew up on Chinese social media, becoming a top trending topic and reaching more than 90 million views on Douyin and Weibo, two major platforms – with the video quickly spawning countless memes and group-chat discussions. —

Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026 That’s what prompted an iconic photo that blew up on social media of seven of the Stars on their plane wearing matching Ella’s Fellas T-shirts. —

Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026 That single phrase blew up across the internet. —

Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 26 Mar. 2026 Then came this golden age of basic cable TV – and that blew up. —

Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026 One of those blew up on its landing attempt while another was purposefully expended to get its payload to a higher orbital insertion. —

Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026 The Ross explosion hit close to home for my family because the building that blew up used to be a Market Basket supermarket, where my father worked for years and my mother and I loyally shopped for groceries. —

Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026 The warehouse storing fireworks about 40 miles outside of Sacramento blew up on July 1 last year, killing seven people. —

Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026 Olivia Colman, ‘The Favourite’ (2019) Director Yorgos Lanthimos blew up the stuffy period piece with this gonzo 18th-century comedy. —

Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026

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The first major nationwide protests against the Islamic regime began in June 2009, with demonstrators angered by the fraudulent presidential election.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2026
He was angered by the deaths and the damage to infrastructure and military capacities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026