eng: blow up

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Meaning
means	(verb) cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb" blow up, set off, detonate, explode
means	(verb) make large; "blow up an image" blow up, magnify, enlarge
means	(verb) get very angry and fly into a rage; "The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question"; "Spam makes me go ballistic" go ballistic, flip one's wig, have kittens, throw a fit, blow one's stack, lose one's temper, blow a fuse, combust, hit the ceiling, have a fit, fly off the handle, blow up, flip one's lid, hit the roof
means	(verb) add details to aggrandize, embellish, blow up, lard, dramatise, dramatize, aggrandise, embroider, pad
means	(verb) burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded" explode, detonate, blow up
means	(verb) exaggerate or make bigger; "The charges were inflated" inflate, blow up, amplify, expand
means	(verb) fill with gas or air; "inflate a balloons" blow up, inflate
means	(verb) to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests" blow up, puff up, puff out, puff