Blow Up
vverb.changecause to burst with a violent release of energySynset:detonate explode set off
Examples:- We exploded the nuclear bomb
Derivationally Related Form:blowupdetonativeexplosiondetonationdetonator
Hypernyms:change integrity
Inherited Hypernyms:explodechange integritychange
Direct Hyponyms:dynamitefulminate
Causes:blow up detonate explode
Full Troponyms:dynamitefulminate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.changemake largeTopic:photographypicture taking
Synset:enlarge magnify
Antonyms:reduce
Derivationally Related Form:enlargerenlargementmagnifiermagnificationblowupmagnitude
Hypernyms:increase
Inherited Hypernyms:blow upincreasechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.emotionget very angry and fly into a rageSynset:blow a fuse blow one's stack combust flip one's lid flip one's wig fly off the handle go ballistic have a fit have kittens hit the ceiling hit the roof lose one's temper throw a fit
Examples:- The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question
- Spam makes me go ballistic
Derivationally Related Form:blowup
Hypernyms:rage
Inherited Hypernyms:flip one's lidrage
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.communicationadd details toSynset:aggrandise aggrandize dramatise dramatize embellish embroider lard pad
Derivationally Related Form:embellishmentembroideryaggrandisementaggrandizementdrama
Hypernyms:amplify exaggerate hyperbolise hyperbolize magnify overdraw overstate
Inherited Hypernyms:embroideroverstatemisinforminformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:glorify
Full Troponyms:glorify
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s something with something | They won't --- the story (apply to: dramatize, embellish, dramatise, embroider, blow up)
vverb.changeburst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reactionSynset:detonate explode
Examples:- the bomb detonated at noon
- The Molotov cocktail exploded
Derivationally Related Form:detonativedetonation
Inherited Hypernyms:detonate
Sentence Frame:Something ---s
vverb.changeexaggerate or make biggerSynset:amplify expand inflate
Examples:- The charges were inflated
Derivationally Related Form:expansive
Hypernyms:increase
Inherited Hypernyms:inflateincreasechange
Direct Hyponyms:puff up
Full Troponyms:puff up
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changefill with gas or airSynset:inflate
Antonyms:deflate
Derivationally Related Form:inflationinflatableinflatorinflater
Hypernyms:expand
Inherited Hypernyms:inflateexpandenlargeincreasechange
Direct Hyponyms:billowheavereflatesurge
Full Troponyms:billowreflate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.changeto swell or cause to enlargeSynset:puff puff out puff up
Examples:- Her faced puffed up from the drugs
- puffed out chests
Derivationally Related Form:puffer
Hypernyms:intumesce swell swell up tumefy tumesce
Inherited Hypernyms:puffswellexpandgrowincreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Something ---s something | Did his feet ---? (apply to: puff out, puff up, puff, blow up)