Definition as Verb

• cause to burst with a violent release of energy
• make large
• get very angry and fly into a rage
• add details to
• burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
• exaggerate or make bigger
• fill with gas or air
• to swell or cause to enlarge

Definition as Verb

• put into dramatic form
• represent something in a dramatic manner
• add details to

• explode, detonate, set off

• enlarge, magnify

• flip one's lid, throw a fit, hit the roof, hit the ceiling, have kittens, have a fit, combust, blow one's stack, fly off the handle, flip one's wig, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, go ballistic

• embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, dramatize, dramatise

• detonate, explode

• inflate, expand, amplify

• inflate

• puff, puff up, puff out

• dramatise, adopt

• dramatise

• embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatise

• "We exploded the nuclear bomb"

• "blow up an image"

• "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic"

• "the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"

• "The charges were inflated"

• "inflate a balloons"

• "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests"

• "adopt a book for a screenplay"

• "These events dramatize the lack of social responsibility among today's youth"

• Blow Up vs explode
• Blow Up vs detonate
• Blow Up vs set off
• Blow Up vs enlarge
• Blow Up vs magnify
• Blow Up vs flip one's lid
• Blow Up vs throw a fit
• Blow Up vs hit the roof
• Blow Up vs hit the ceiling
• Blow Up vs have kittens
• Blow Up vs have a fit
• Blow Up vs combust
• Blow Up vs blow one's stack
• Blow Up vs fly off the handle
• Blow Up vs flip one's wig
• Blow Up vs lose one's temper
• Blow Up vs blow a fuse
• Blow Up vs go ballistic
• Blow Up vs embroider
• Blow Up vs pad
• Blow Up vs lard
• Blow Up vs embellish
• Blow Up vs aggrandize
• Blow Up vs aggrandise
• Blow Up vs dramatize
• Blow Up vs dramatise
• Blow Up vs inflate
• Blow Up vs expand
• Blow Up vs amplify
• Blow Up vs puff
• Blow Up vs puff up
• Blow Up vs puff out
• Blow Up vs adopt
• Blow Up vs blow up

• Dramatize vs explode
• Dramatize vs detonate
• Dramatize vs set off
• Dramatize vs enlarge
• Dramatize vs magnify
• Dramatize vs flip one's lid
• Dramatize vs throw a fit
• Dramatize vs hit the roof
• Dramatize vs hit the ceiling
• Dramatize vs have kittens
• Dramatize vs have a fit
• Dramatize vs combust
• Dramatize vs blow one's stack
• Dramatize vs fly off the handle
• Dramatize vs flip one's wig
• Dramatize vs lose one's temper
• Dramatize vs blow a fuse
• Dramatize vs go ballistic
• Dramatize vs embroider
• Dramatize vs pad
• Dramatize vs lard
• Dramatize vs embellish
• Dramatize vs aggrandize
• Dramatize vs aggrandise
• Dramatize vs dramatize
• Dramatize vs dramatise
• Dramatize vs inflate
• Dramatize vs expand
• Dramatize vs amplify
• Dramatize vs puff
• Dramatize vs puff up
• Dramatize vs puff out
• Dramatize vs adopt
• Dramatize vs blow up