| VERB | change | blow up, explode, detonate, set off | cause to burst with a violent release of energy |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | blow up, enlarge, magnify | make large | |
| emotion | blow up, 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 | get very angry and fly into a rage / rage | |
| communication | blow up, embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, dramatize, dramatise | add details to | |
| change | blow up, detonate, explode | burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction | |
| change | blow up, inflate, expand, amplify | exaggerate or make bigger | |
| change | blow up, inflate | fill with gas or air | |
| change | blow up, puff, puff up, puff out | to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs" |
| Meaning | Cause to burst with a violent release of energy. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | explode, detonate, set off | |
| Cause to | detonate, explode, blow up | Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction |
| Narrower | dynamite | Blow up with dynamite |
| fulminate | Cause to explode / explode violently and with loud noise | |
| Broader | change integrity | change in physical make-up |
| Spanish | detonar, explosionar, explotar | |
| Catalan | detonar, explosionar, explotar | |
| Nouns | blowup | a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction |
| Meaning | make large. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "blow up an image" | |
| Synonyms | enlarge, magnify | |
| Category | photography, picture taking | The act of taking and printing photographs |
| Broader | increase | make bigger or more |
| Opposite | reduce, scale down | make smaller |
| Spanish | agrandar, ampliar, aumentar, engrandecer | |
| Catalan | ampliar, engrandir | |
| Nouns | blowup | a photographic print that has been enlarged |
| Meaning | Get very angry and fly into a rage / rage. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | 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 | |
| Caused by | combust | Cause to become violent or angry |
| Broader | rage | Feel intense anger |
| Spanish | perder los estribos | |
| Nouns | blowup | an unrestrained / unrestrained expression / expression of emotion |
| Meaning | add details to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something with something | |
| Model | They won't blow up the story | |
| Synonyms | embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, dramatize, dramatise | |
| Narrower | glorify | Cause to seem more splendid |
| Broader | overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify | To enlarge beyond bounds or the truth |
| Spanish | adornar, decorar, echarle teatro, embellecer, hinchar, meter paja | |
| Catalan | adornar, decorar, embellir, fer bombo, inflar | |
| Meaning | Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | detonate, explode | |
| Caused by | explode, detonate, blow up, set off | Cause to burst with a violent release of energy |
| Spanish | detonar, explotar | |
| Catalan | detonar, explotar | |
| Meaning | exaggerate or make bigger. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | inflate, expand, amplify | |
| Narrower | puff up | make larger / larger or distend |
| Broader | increase | make bigger or more |
| Spanish | ampliar, amplificar, ensanchar, expandir | |
| Catalan | ampliar, amplificar, eixamplar, estendre, expandir, inflar | |
| Meaning | Fill with gas or air. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | inflate | |
| Narrower | billow, surge, heave | Rise and move, as in waves or billows |
| reflate | inflate again | |
| Broader | expand | make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity |
| Opposite | deflate | Become deflated or flaccid, as by losing air |
| Spanish | hincharse, hinchar, inflarse, inflar, subir | |
| Catalan | inflar-se, inflar, unflar | |
| Meaning | To swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs". | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | Did his feet blow up? | |
| Synonyms | puff, puff up, puff out | |
| Broader | swell, swell up, intumesce, tumefy, tumesce | Expand abnormally |
| Spanish | hincharse, hinchar | |
| Catalan | inflar-se, inflar | |
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