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Synonyms of blowup
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- the boss had another blowup when someone fouled up the copy machine
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- the last blowup of the volcano flattened trees for miles around
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- implosion
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of blow up (Entry 2 of 2)
- she blew up at everybody after a very long and very bad day
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- flare (up),
- flip (out)
- [slang]
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- chill out
- [slang],
- cool (off or down),
- relax
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- the building blew up because of a gas leak
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- blew up the biggest rocks and then cleared them away
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- 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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“Blowup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blowup. Accessed 21 May. 2022.
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The first known use of blowup was in 1536
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