BLOWING UP Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

blowing up

verb

present participle of blow up

as in flaring (up)

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

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as in exploding

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 shattering

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 cracking 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 blowing up On September 7 two other mathematicians used their program (and AI) to produce a blowup for a frictionless fluid—considered a major step toward blowing up Navier-Stokes. — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2026 Your originality can solve the tension without blowing up the plan. — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026 Lynn had perhaps the special teams coverage play of the week in the fourth quarter, blowing up tight end Lake McRee on a kickoff before making the tackle. — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 Horgan ended up incorporating some of those videos—AI slop of dogs blowing up houses with laser beam eyes, for instance—which amused Murphy. — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 24 Aug. 2026 Where should our distribution facilities be located to reach 99 percent of customers within two days without blowing up lease and labor costs? — Brian Cross, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 But more than that, the mill blowing up just couldn’t be possible. — Ethan Brooks, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026 After flying for about an hour halfway around the world, the upper-stage portion of the Starship vehicle managed to land intact in the Indian Ocean – without blowing up. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 29 July 2026 Amal Clooney was spotted at the Milan airport in an unexpected travel style that had the InStyle group chat blowing up. — Eva Thomas, InStyle, 16 July 2026

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The film opens upon a typical grumpy New York day, with traffic snarling the streets and horns honking.

— Victor Garber, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
The internet is full of photos of 841 munching on purloined surfboards and then sitting on top of them, snarling at baffled young men in wet suits who try, and then think better of, fighting her for their property.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

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But as the cost of producing a unit of intelligence collapses, the amount businesses consume is exploding.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026
For Virgin-Morgan, that means more consistently exploding off the line of scrimmage and winning the edge or gap.

— Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of exploding

Verb

Last week a number of concerned mathematicians, many of them at the top of their subject, launched the Association for Human Mathematics (AHM)—an effort that was underway even before the earth-shattering Navier-Stokes news.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 14 Sep. 2026
Maya’s fear of commitment mirrors the film’s fear of showing us anything truly ugly or grappling with the idea that our heroine is one of many, many people who lost someone during a society-shattering number of years.

— Jourdain Searles, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of shattering

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What’s more, cracking up triggers chemical changes that prompt the inner lining of blood vessels to dilate and improve blood flow.

— Don Riddell, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
Mark Toothaker, a stallion sales manager for Spendthrift Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, was on the couch cracking up with his wife, Malory, about the whiffed field goal and consequential turnover.

— Kelly O'Grady, CBS News, 3 May 2026

Definition of cracking up

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After a gig in Brighton, England in December 1981, the Kinks singer smashed a glass against the wall backstage, angering Honeyman-Scott, who wound up punching Davies as a fight ensued.

— Rachel DeSantis, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2026
Rebecca regrets angering Matthijs (Matteo van der Grijn) after putting his daughter in the middle of a heated discussion around the possibility of Matthijs moving to London.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of angering

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The helicopter crashed in a driveway between two warehouses, smashing into a pair of truck cargo containers while the news crew tried grabbing video footage of a serious collision involving a Metro bus that also left two people dead.

— Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
In the rare instances people have spotted, these birds avoid getting stung by smashing the wasps on the ground to break the stingers before finishing their meal.

— Sean Donnelly, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of smashing

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All four cited Macklemore’s removal in announcing their decisions.

— Anna Tingley, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026
Altman also told Fortune in an exclusive interview that his company and other leading AI labs may be close to announcing a pact to slow AI development and collectively address the rapidly increasing safety risks.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026