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Synonyms for blow up


Grammar : Verb
Spell : bloh
Phonetic Transcription : bloʊ

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Définition of blow up

Origin :
  • "explode," 1590s, from blow (v.1) + up. As a noun, it is recorded from 1809 in the sense "outburst, quarrel." Meaning "enlargement from a photograph" is attested by 1945.
  • verb inflate
  • verb explode
  • verb magnify importance
  • verb burst with anger
Example sentences :
  • No doubt a wicked attempt to blow up the Observatory, they say.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • I mean to blow up the bears en masse with 100 lbs of powder.
  • Extract from : « The Field of Ice » by Jules Verne
  • I know how to make them hungry and thirsty and I've got a balloon that I can blow up—see?
  • Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • You give the fing to me; I'll blow up our 'ouse—it's an ugly little 'ouse.
  • Extract from : « The Foundations (Fourth Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • He had engaged in no plot to blow up King, Lords and Commons.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion, Volume 1 » by John Charles Dent
  • "If we could only blow up that train," exclaimed Earl eagerly.
  • Extract from : « Fighting in France » by Ross Kay
  • They had tried to blow up Rockycana in the Thein Church with gunpowder.
  • Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
  • "But you did not blow up the track at all," hastily put in Frank.
  • Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Bravery » by Burt L. Standish
  • At Hawarden gunpowder has been used to blow up portions of the Keep.
  • Extract from : « The Hawarden Visitors' Hand-Book » by William Henry Gladstone
  • If the money is not forthcoming they promise to blow up every building on the farm.
  • Extract from : « The Rover Boys in the Air » by Edward Stratemeyer

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