blowing up

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He’s used that same platform to lob explosive accusations at critics and allies alike, blowing up a professional and personal relationship with President Donald Trump by tying him to the Epstein files.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026

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

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent isn’t likely to do that, as it would risk blowing up the tariff détente with Beijing that he negotiated in November.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

The 2003 South Korean film “Save the Green Planet!” ends with the aliens punishing the flawed human race by blowing up Earth.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

He wrote: As I held the flask, I concentrated on the picture I’d formed in my mind of the cells, visualizing a disturbance in the cell fields and the cells blowing up.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot