Definitions for blow up
blow up

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. explode, detonate, blow up, set offverb

   cause to burst with a violent release of energy

   "We exploded the nuclear bomb"

2. blow up, enlarge, magnifyverb

   make large

   "blow up an image"

3. flip one's lid, blow up, throw a fit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust, blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballisticverb

   get very angry and fly into a rage

   "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"

4. embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatiseverb

   add details to

5. detonate, explode, blow upverb

   burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"

   "The Molotov cocktail exploded"

6. inflate, blow up, expand, amplifyverb

   exaggerate or make bigger

   "The charges were inflated"

7. inflate, blow upverb

   fill with gas or air

   "inflate a balloons"

8. puff, puff up, blow up, puff outverb

   to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"

   "puffed out chests"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blow upverb

   To explode or be destroyed by explosion.

2. blow upverb

   To cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion.

3. blow upverb

   To inflate or fill with air.

4. blow upverb

   To enlarge or zoom in.

5. blow upverb

   To fail disastrously.

6. blow upverb

   To become popular very quickly.

7. blow upverb

   To suddenly get very angry.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blow up

   "Blow up" is a colloquial, versatile term that can be used in a variety of contexts, however it generally denotes a rapid, significant, and often disruptive increase or growth. It could refer to physically inflating something (like blowing up a balloon), causing an explosion (such as blowing up a building), or intensifying a situation or argument. In recent years, it also refers to achieving sudden fame or attention, usually on social media (as in, a post or photo "blowing up" with likes or shares). The exact definition depends on the context in which it is used.

The New Hacker's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blow up

   1. [scientific computation] To become unstable. Suggests that the computation is diverging so rapidly that it will soon overflow or at least go nonlinear. 2. Syn. blow out.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of blow up in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of blow up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of blow up in a Sentence

1. Margaret Atwood:

   It’s not an original thought. People had that thought at the time, japanese pilots during WWII, same idea. There are very few absolutely new ideas. The difference with ‘Star Wars’ is because it was a film, Han Solo gets to fly away. He doesn’t blow up his own plane. He just blows up the Death Star.

2. Jackie Speier:

   I had not put my finger on that at the moment, but I was irritated with him and angry with him that he wasn't fully coordinating. And I did say to him, 'Ambassador Sondland, Gordon, I think this is also going to blow up,' and here we are.

3. Ohio Gov. John Kasich:

   I think ISIS has risen, frankly, because there's been nobody over there to stop them, i think that all the religions of the world ought to stand up and say, 'You blow up innocent men, women and children and you think you're going to paradise? There's something wrong with you. You're nuts. If we catch you, we're going to throw you into prison, maybe for the rest of your life.'.

4. Tony Robbins:

   I really wanted to blow up some financial myths. What you don't know will hurt you, and this book will arm you so you don't get taken advantage of.

5. Micha Goldberg:

   If you can take loans with much less tight control you will have a huge amount of consumer credit, which could blow up.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=blow up
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Blow_Up
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ The New Hacker's Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3008/3008-h/3008-h.htm#BlowUp