BLOWN UP Synonyms: 137 Similar and Opposite Words

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as in blown

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verb

past participle 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 demolished

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 trumpeted

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 blown up

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At least the whale wouldn’t be blown up with half a ton of dynamite, like the sperm whale that had beached more than half a century earlier, just 30 miles south of Yachats. —

Robin Romm, The Atlantic, 2 May 2026 The best reality shows—every Bravo franchise, The Kardashians, Dance Moms—are anthropological studies with campy one-liners, life blown up to exaggerated proportions. —

Daisy Jones, Vogue, 2 May 2026 Then it kind of got all blown up anyway. —

Terry Terrones, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2026 All the bridge crossings have been blown up. —

Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 Apr. 2026 Tatum had scored 42 points on this night, but the Knicks had blown up another double-digit Boston lead and now, in a blink, Tatum was gone. —

Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026 This would qualify as bulletin-board material if the ayatollah’s locker room hadn’t been blown up. —

Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 3 Apr. 2026 The story has blown up across social media and international news outlets. —

Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026 From crowd favorite cinnamon rolls and biscuits and gravy, it may have been blown up for its shrine of 1950s nostalgia, but customers stay for the consistently good southern food. —

Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026

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Those plans angered victims' families, and some prominent state officials called for regulators to deny or delay renewal of the camp's license, which had been under review by the Texas Department of State Health Services.

— Briauna Brown, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
Despite the apology, Camp Mystic’s plans to reopen in late May with nearly 900 girls have angered victims’ families, and state officials are questioning whether the license should be renewed.

— Jim Vertuno, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026