| NOUN | event | blowup, explosion, detonation | a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction |
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| communication | blowup, effusion, gush, outburst, ebullition | an unrestrained / unrestrained expression / expression of emotion | |
| artifact | blowup, enlargement, magnification | a photographic print that has been enlarged |
| Sounds | blow'ah.p | |
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| Rhymes | archbishop ... worship: 69 rhymes with ahp... | |
| Meaning | A violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction. | |
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| Synonyms | explosion, detonation | |
| Narrower | airburst | An explosion in the atmosphere |
| backfire | A loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine | |
| big bang | (cosmology) the cosmic explosion that is hypothesized to have marked the origin of the universe | |
| blast | An explosion (as of dynamite) | |
| blowback, backfire | The backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired | |
| fragmentation | The scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes | |
| inflation | (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang | |
| Broader | discharge | The sudden giving off of energy |
| Spanish | detonación, explosion, explosión | |
| Catalan | detonació, explosió | |
| Verbs | blow up | cause to burst with a violent release of energy |
| Meaning | An unrestrained / unrestrained expression / expression of emotion. | |
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| Synonyms | effusion, gush, outburst, ebullition | |
| Narrower | acting out | A (usually irritating) impulsive and uncontrollable outburst by a problem child or a neurotic adult |
| cry | A fit of weeping | |
| explosion | A sudden outburst | |
| flare | A sudden outburst of emotion | |
| Broader | expression, manifestation, reflection, reflexion | expression without words |
| Spanish | acceso, arranque, arrebatamiento, arrebato, chorreo, ebullición, efusión, estallido | |
| Catalan | arravatament, efusió, rampell, ravata | |
| Verbs | blow up | get very angry and fly into a rage / rage |
| Meaning | A photographic print that has been enlarged. | |
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| Synonyms | enlargement, magnification | |
| Broader | photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic | A representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide |
| Spanish | ampliación | |
| Catalan | ampliació | |
| Verbs | blow up | make large |
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