BLEW UP Synonyms: 117 Similar and Opposite Words

blew up

verb

Definition of blew up next

past tense of blow up

as in angered

to become very angry she blew up at everybody after a very long and very bad day

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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 shattered

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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as in cracked up

to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively 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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Recent Examples of blew up Then came this golden age of basic cable TV – and that blew up. —

Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026 One of those blew up on its landing attempt while another was purposefully expended to get its payload to a higher orbital insertion. —

Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026 The Ross explosion hit close to home for my family because the building that blew up used to be a Market Basket supermarket, where my father worked for years and my mother and I loyally shopped for groceries. —

Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026 The warehouse storing fireworks about 40 miles outside of Sacramento blew up on July 1 last year, killing seven people. —

Sacbee.com, 10 Mar. 2026 Olivia Colman, ‘The Favourite’ (2019) Director Yorgos Lanthimos blew up the stuffy period piece with this gonzo 18th-century comedy. —

Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026 Their chemistry blew up on the superb 2024 album The Collective, her most startling — and fun — project in years. —

Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2026 But the controversy blew up when on closing night, some prize-winners used their acceptance speeches to voice support for Palestine and Gaza. —

Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Mar. 2026 Things finally blew up for the app in the second to last episode, with founder Whitney (Max Minghella) in free fall and Harper primed for victory. —

Meg Walters, Glamour, 2 Mar. 2026

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But Magyar, a former Fidesz insider who has won over voters angered at a lack of growth, failing public services and a series of graft and child protection scandals, has built his brand with tours of town and village squares.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2026
One of Best’s nieces, Tatiana Barrett, told The Associated Press that revelations from the report have angered and saddened family and friends.

— Dave Collins, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2026