BLOWING UP Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

blowing up

verb

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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 The wires are crossing, the cover stories are blowing up. —

Emily Longeretta, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026 Kimberly Shaw blowing up the apartment building at the end of season 4 is a core memory for fans. —

Andrea Lavinthal, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026 Alberto was redshirting his first season at Indiana, while the Hoosiers were blowing up in their first year under Cignetti. —

Seth Emerson, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026 What’s more, the combo is actually comfortable; of course, that depends on the shoes, but fitted sock booties like hers have been blowing up thanks to their, well, sock-like comfort. —

Eva Thomas, InStyle, 10 Apr. 2026 What about destroying the stockpile by blowing up the canisters? —

Sheena Samu, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026 Since the early days of the pandemic — which is when many Stationerycore fans and creators at the festival date their stationery awakening — the stationery industry has been steadily expanding, even blowing up. —

Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026 After years as a child and teen star, Moretz comes into her own as the leading lady, expressing an understandably selfish need to explore what could have been, at the risk of blowing up the wedding and her own relationships and friendships. —

Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2026 The gap between the fan’s triumphant bald selfie and the trade blowing up was half an hour. —

Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026

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My head was exploding with the iciest cold.

— Chang-rae Lee, New Yorker, 3 May 2026
New York’s gritty downtown scene was exploding, high-camp drag queens and nightclub personalities like Kevin Aviance and Lady Bunny were becoming icons, and house and ballroom music were filtering into the mainstream.

— Kiana Mickles, Pitchfork, 1 May 2026