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  • verbinflate
  • verbexplode
  • verbmagnify importance
  • verbburst with anger

synonyms for blow up

  • fill
  • billow
  • bloat
  • distend
  • enlarge
  • expand
  • inflate
  • puff up
  • pump up
  • swell
On this page you'll find 107 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to blow up, such as: fill, billow, bloat, distend, enlarge, and expand.

antonyms for blow up

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  • be calm
  • deflate
  • ignore
  • let go
  • let out
  • shrink
  • shrivel
  • mend
  • be calm
  • deflate
  • ignore
  • let go
  • let out
  • shrink
  • shrivel
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How to use blow up in a sentence

Says positively must make trip to Bend & get cigarettes tomorrow or will blow up whole outfit.
CABIN FEVERB. M. BOWER
Jose sternly declined, and when Young Glory threatened to blow up the boats, he told him to do so.
YOUNG GLORY AND THE SPANISH CRUISERWALTER FENTON MOTT
I grant you he wanted to blow up the 'Ouses of Parliament; but, if there was licensing bills in those days, I don't blame him.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 147, NOVEMBER 4, 1914VARIOUS
The next morning, when they awoke, they found that the wind had altered and was beginning to blow up from the southward.
THE RIVAL CAMPERSRUEL PERLEY SMITH
What Bushnell did was to invent a boat that would move under water and might be made to blow up an enemy's ship.
STORIES OF OUR NAVAL HEROESVARIOUS
We don't want to blow up the old home-town; we only want to put the BSG out of business.
THE GREAT POTLATCH RIOTSALLEN KIM LANG
The left wing of the force will occupy the shrubbery; the right will push on and blow up the gate.
THE TALKING HORSEF. ANSTEY
How long do you expect him to look out for folks that don't appear to care whether they blow up or not?
THE BELTED SEASARTHUR COLTON
Up another gangway enough cordite to blow up the whole of Liverpool was being gingerly carried in small cases.
THE RELIEF OF MAFEKINGFILSON YOUNG
A wind strong enough to blow up the snow must always, I believe, prevent an ascent.
MOUNT EVEREST THE RECONNAISSANCE, 1921CHARLES KENNETH HOWARD-BURY
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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