blown up 1 of 2

past participle of blow up
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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 demolished
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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blown up

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adjective

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Recent Examples of blown up
Adjective
After getting blown up by a double-team block on a passing play, Ray bounced back and made a pair of run stops around the line of scrimmage over the span of just four plays. Mike Kaye october 9, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2025 He got blown up by the Cubs, giving up eight runs on nine hits in 4 2/3 innings. Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025 Visually, this is the same as the regular Unrestored 70mm print but blown up onto IMAX 1570 so it can be shown on the IMAX film projector onto the BFI’s incredible 20m high screen. Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Recent signing Shane Watts received a lot of work with the second-team unit and took some hard hits when he was blown up at the line of scrimmage. Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 15 Aug. 2025 And on fourth-and-goal from the 1, the handoff to him was blown up in the backfield. David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 11 Aug. 2025 Two massive inflatable skeletons were blown up and perched on the grass beneath a tree, with one giant skeleton sitting on top of the other plastic skeleton in a suggestive manner, leaving little to the imagination of her followers. Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2025 That might be one reason Zak Starkey has blown up into such a cult hero for people who ordinarily don’t care a thing about lineup changes in classic rock bands. Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blown up
Verb
  • Lorincz was frequently angered over local children (including Owens’) playing in a field close to her home.
    Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Many protesters were especially angered by attacks on their motives.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As the offense exploded, the team’s defense remained stingy.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Flashing lights and colors exploded across my view.
    Michelle Maves, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sloppy passes, stagnant offense, blown defensive assignments, poor decisions.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Tree limbs could be blown down and a few power outages may result.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Vought likewise trumpeted the funding freeze for a project to build a new rail tunnel connecting New Jersey to New York under the Hudson River, and to extend the Second Avenue subway in Manhattan, before the Department of Transportation formally announced the move.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The president trumpeted the filing of the suit in a Truth Social post late Monday night.
    Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Air travel was snarled during the more than month-long government shutdown that ended in January 2019, hours after a shortfall of air traffic controllers disrupted flights in the New York area.
    Lillian Rizzo,Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Duffy's threat came as flight delays, caused in large part by controllers calling out sick, has snarled air traffic across the country for four straight days.
    Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Gacy's house was demolished, and the property was razed in April 1979.
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The existing five buildings that would be demolished to clear the way for the project total 422,600 square feet.
    George Avalos, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • One room cracked up at a vulgar joke about a woman’s behind, while another went for an outrageous and surreal midfilm montage — but each bit was made genuinely funnier by the dozens of people gasping and wheezing over it.
    Robert Rubsam, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Growing up in showbiz isn't all it's cracked up to be, at least according to Shaun Cassidy.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • His teammates and Dodgers coaches cackled when Ohtani’s Michael Bublé walk-up song blasted during the Dodgers’ workout and Ohtani stepped into the batter’s box for a round of hitting.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • The on-field swings were such a rarity that he was cheered on by Roberts, the Dodgers’ coaching staff and a handful of teammates and his walkup song (Michael Buble’s ‘Feeling Good’) blasted from the sound system briefly, sending photographers and cameramen hustling into action.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Blown up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blown%20up. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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