blow%20up

verb

1. 1

   To explode or be destroyed by explosion.

   “Why do cars in movies always blow up when they fall off a cliff?”

2. 2

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

   “More civilians than soldiers have been blown up by anti-personnel mines.”

3. 3

   To inflate or fill with air, either by literally blowing or using an air pump.

   “For the school science project, each student will blow up a balloon and then tie it closed.”

4. 4

   To enlarge or zoom in.

   “Blow up the picture to get a better look at their faces.”

5. 5

   To fail disastrously.

6. 6

   To become popular very quickly.

   “This album is about to blow up; they’re being promoted on MTV.”

7. 7

   To suddenly get very angry.

   “Dad blew up at me when I told him I was pregnant.”

8. 8

   To become much more fat or rotund in a short space of time.

9. 9

   To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up.

   “to blow someone up with flattery”

10. 10

    To excite.

    “to blow up a contention”

11. 11

    To scold violently.

    “to blow up a person for some offence”

12. 12

    To blow the whistle.

13. 13

    To succumb to the oxygen debt and lose the ability to maintain pace in a race.

14. 14

    To bombard with a large number of telephone calls, texts, etc.

15. 15

    To cause a malodorous smell by flatulation or defecation

    “Don't go in there...I really blew it up.”