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 That project blew up and the team left town after city officials balked at the team’s excessive demands for taxpayer subsidies. —

Daniel Borenstein, Mercury News, 12 June 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, 12 June 2026 The span was struck by a truck bomb in October 2022 that killed five people, blew up two sections of the bridge and required months of repairs. —

ABC News, 11 June 2026 One o’clock in the morning, pitch black, no moon, no nothing, and every one of those bombs went right down those chutes, blew up. —

NBC news, 7 June 2026 In what could end up being the most disastrous setback in the history of Blue Origin, its massive launch vehicle blew up May 28 in a fiery blast that briefly colored the Florida sky orange and sent blazing fireballs cascading into the night. —

Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 29 May 2026 But the 321-foot rocket blew up, taking part of the pad with it. —

Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026 In 2007, a big steam main by the Chanin Building, across from Grand Central, blew up right as a truck passed over, injuring dozens. —

Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 22 May 2026 One of its original SKUs was its Underpainting Palette, named for her viral underpainting technique that blew up on TikTok. —

Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026

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In 2022, a prominent former member of the national team was arrested for allegedly protesting against the country’s leadership, and star striker Sardar Azmoun wasn’t selected for the World Cup squad this year, reportedly because of a social media post that angered authorities.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 June 2026
The four leaders have also angered Trump by criticizing how he’s gone about executing the war and his lack of consultation with allies before jumping into a conflict that’s hurt the global economy as oil prices have surged.

— Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 12 June 2026