BLOWING UP Synonyms: 115 Similar and Opposite Words

blowing up

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present participle of blow up

as in flaring (up)

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

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as in exploding

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 shattering

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 cracking 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 blowing up What about destroying the stockpile by blowing up the canisters? —

Sheena Samu, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026 Since the early days of the pandemic — which is when many Stationerycore fans and creators at the festival date their stationery awakening — the stationery industry has been steadily expanding, even blowing up. —

Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026 After years as a child and teen star, Moretz comes into her own as the leading lady, expressing an understandably selfish need to explore what could have been, at the risk of blowing up the wedding and her own relationships and friendships. —

Glenn Garner, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2026 The gap between the fan’s triumphant bald selfie and the trade blowing up was half an hour. —

Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 12 Mar. 2026 Aritzia opens location at Kenwood mall after blowing up on TikTok. —

Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Feb. 2026 After blowing up the friend group, Stephen tells Lucy to leave with him and, certainly not to the surprise of Van Patten or White, Lucy does. —

Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 18 Feb. 2026 While waiting for flights to resume, Charli’s character Bethany flirts with the idea of blowing up her life by rekindling a romance with an old friend who owns a flower shop in Warsaw. —

Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2026 Amal Clooney was spotted at the Milan airport in an unexpected travel outfit that had the InStyle group chat blowing up. —

Eva Thomas, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026

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Ponson had heard the lore of fast-developing storms in the northern Gulf — systems that escaped the notice of meteorologists — before exploding into near-gale winds, towering waves and rare but deadly storms.

— Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
But Explosive News’ videos might be the world’s most potent example of slopaganda yet, changing hearts and minds—or at least generating lots of clicks—one exploding toy battleship at a time.

— Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026