blow up

Example Sentences

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Colombia's defence minister said the sound came from ammunition on board blowing up in the flames.

From BBC

I had started going through menopause, so in the first or second season, I kind of blew up like a little balloon.

From Los Angeles Times

"It was a bad casting decision, in my opinion, and it blew up in their face," the insider said.

From BBC

“Those aren’t bombs,” he said, “and certainly not guns. That’s demolition work. Germans. They’re probably blowing up bridges. It means they expect an attack but not that it’s here. It might not come for weeks.”

From Literature

If a storm blew up and they had to dig in for days, they would freeze.

From Literature