Synonyms of blowing up

blowing up

verb

present participle of blow up

1

as in flaring (up)

to become very angry

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flaring (up)
• having a fit
• flipping (out)
• snarling
• going ballistic
• flying into a rage
• hitting the roof
• blowing a gasket
• angering
• hitting the ceiling
• flying off the handle
• blowing one's top
• glaring
• losing one's temper
• blowing one's stack
• losing one's cool
• forgetting oneself
• snapping
• blowing one's cool
• exploding
• teeing off
• flaring (out)
• storming
• raging
• steaming
• flashing
• vituperating
• sputtering
• ranting
• raving
• fulminating
• warming
• venting
• foaming
• bristling
• bursting
• smoldering
• sizzling
• fuming
• seething
• burning
• glowering
• maddening
• inflaming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calming (down)
• cooling (off or down)
• simmering down
• relaxing
• quieting (down)
• chilling out
• hushing

2

as in exploding

to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure

the building blew up because of a gas leak

Synonyms & Similar Words

• exploding
• detonating
• blowing
• going off
• popping
• bursting
• crumping
• shattering
• smashing
• firing
• splintering
• fragmenting
• discharging
• mushrooming
• burgeoning
• shooting
• ballooning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• imploding
• collapsing
• fizzling

3

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shattering
• smashing
• blowing
• demolishing
• exploding
• destroying
• bursting
• popping
• blasting
• detonating
• wrecking
• ruining
• dynamiting
• annihilating
• decimating
• discharging
• splintering
• fragmenting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapsing
• imploding

4

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cracking up
• crying up
• announcing
• advertising
• acclaiming
• promoting
• trumpeting
• touting
• commending
• offering
• tub-thumping
• ballyhooing
• glorifying
• applauding
• extolling
• lauding
• complimenting
• laying down
• making out
• pronouncing
• eulogizing
• proclaiming
• blaring
• magnifying
• blazing
• plugging
• claiming
• publicizing
• heralding
• declaring
• asserting
• averring
• boosting
• advancing
• blazoning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blowing up

The protests are quickly blowing up as a hot topic in the election campaign to replace President Emmanuel Macron next May. — Greg Norman-Diamond, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2026

That was something they were primed to be paying attention to, since Mora had been seen blowing up at Summers the week prior, when CSU was busy giving up 59 points to UTSA. — Jason Kirk, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

The Real Cost Of Handover The Build-Operate-Transfer model is still a brilliant, highly effective way to build global capability without blowing up your balance sheet. — Thanh Pham, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

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

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

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