BLOWUPS Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

blowups

noun

plural of blowup

as in scenes

an outburst or display of excited anger the boss had another blowup when someone fouled up the copy machine

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as in eruptions

the act or an instance of exploding the last blowup of the volcano flattened trees for miles around

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Recent Examples of blowups His philosophy aims to avoid blowups, even if that sometimes means missing opportunities to maximize profits. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 July 2026 The history of peacemaking – from Kadesh to the Dayton Accords that ended the Bosnian war, to the Belfast Agreement that halted the 30-year sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland – shows that public blowups and threats to walk out are normal stages, not proof of failure. — Monica Duffy Toft, The Conversation, 25 June 2026 Schedule the fight Most blowups happen when one person is already activated and the other gets caught off guard and slips into defense mode—which means no one is actually listening. — Angela Haupt, Time, 11 June 2026 Continue reading … NEWSROOM DRAMA — Scott Pelley fired at CBS News after blowups with Bari Weiss, new '60 Minutes' producer. — FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026 Two of those outings belong to Tanner Houck, who gave up 11 and 12 runs in 2 1/3 innings in a pair of blowups last season before being shut down and eventually undergoing Tommy John surgery. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026 If Salley had been patient, Craig would have one of his inevitable blowups, and Charley would have gotten the ick faster than Rodrigo logs onto Ticketmaster when Madonna announces a new tour. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Mar. 2026 But more often than not, the blowups that surprise leaders usually come from something way simpler—the lack of clear direction. — Dan Haiem, Forbes.com, 5 Mar. 2026 And so, as a prelude to solving the Navier-Stokes problem, mathematicians have searched for blowups (also called singularities) in an assortment of simplified fluid equations, such as those that operate in only one dimension. — Quanta Magazine, 9 Jan. 2026

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Noun

Having to balance coverage of this unimaginable tragedy with more typical Housewives scenes is a remarkably tricky balancing act, but one that the show handles well.

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
Those scenes play as if the screenwriters gave up on trying to resolve the twisty plot, instead just making their characters tell all, leaving the film’s denouement much less engrossing than its setup.

— Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of scenes

Noun

Potential hazards include volcanic bombs, heavy ashfall and lava flows if continuous eruptions resume.

— Niniek Karmini, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
After the northern lights put on a dazzling show over North Dakota, Canada and Iceland earlier this week, the solar eruptions expected to stir up Wednesday night’s sky have been delayed or possibly missed Earth altogether.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of eruptions

Noun

The second mystery is the puzzle over how exactly type Ia supernova explosions detonate.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 11 Sep. 2026
The Keller offense has been a sight to behold so far this season with a pair of 55-point explosions in Week 1 and Week 2.

— Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of explosions

Noun

But foreigners have also experienced sporadic outbursts of xenophobic violence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026
If the lighting is controlled, the performances restrained (with room for outbursts, of course), and the score swelling at the right moments, the work will register as important.

— Henry Metz, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of outbursts

Noun

Usually, when a team loses two coordinators, they are not highly regarded enough to leave for Power 4 head coaching jobs, but Stein and Lupoi were good candidates and natural fits for the schools that hired them.

— Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
But the build-up fits with the Charlie Kirk memes that have populated social media over the past year, ones that show how a public figure's image can spiral out of control when their likeness is hijacked by online humor.

— Owen Carry, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of fits

Noun

Energy from the sun helps reactions between those blocks along, coaxing them to form polymers, or longer chains of molecules.

— Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026
Werner Herzog’s Bucking Fastard, starring Rooney and Kate Mara as preternaturally close twins, drew reactions that ranged from delighted appreciation to pure bewilderment.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of reactions

Noun

Developmental pediatrician Carrie Cuffman told the Cleveland Clinic that attention-seeking tantrums are one case where staying out of it can help.

— Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 11 Aug. 2026
While restraint collapse and tantrums can look similar on the surface, their triggers are different.

— Liz Regalia, Parents, 2 Aug. 2026

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