blow up

verb

1. cause to burst with a violent release of energy"We exploded the nuclear bomb"
2. make large"blow up an image"
3. get very angry and fly into a rage"The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"
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5. burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction"the bomb detonated at noon"
6. exaggerate or make bigger"The charges were inflated"
7. fill with gas or air"inflate a balloon"
8. to swell or cause to enlarge"Her faced puffed up from the drugs"