blowup
an explosion.
a violent argument, outburst of temper, or the like, especially one resulting in estrangement.
Also blow-up . an enlargement of a photograph.
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How to use blowup in a sentence
The sepia blowups of crab fisherman, outside and in, are especially arresting.
Get your Maryland crab fix at the Point Crab House, along with ace service and a water view | Tom Sietsema | May 14, 2021 | Washington PostAt first, scarred by the online harassment she endured after the Tinder blowup, Wolfe Herd wanted to make an app where women could give each other compliments.
How Whitney Wolfe Herd Turned a Vision of a Better Internet Into a Billion-Dollar Brand | Charlotte Alter/Austin | March 19, 2021 | TimeHoward Kurtz on how she may have defused the Beijing blowup.
Has Hillary Clinton Salvaged Deal to Bring Chen to U.S. Temporarily? | Howard Kurtz | May 4, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTA blowup over a newly minted third party in Florida has become the latest to draw their ire.
For her part, Esters says she hasn't heard from Oprah since the blowup started.
Before the blowup on Earth, the galactics had made occasional landings to gather animals and seeds of food plants.
The Ethical Way | Joseph FarrellActually we had the answer to protection during the Crazy Years before the blowup when everybody talked peace and built missiles.
Noble Redman | Jesse Franklin BoneBaker unrolled the first of his exhibits, a large photographic blowup.
The Great Gray Plague | Raymond F. JonesThere could be a blowup that would throw Hub politics back into the kind of snarl they haven't been in for a hundred years.
Legacy | James H SchmitzThey had a blowup last night, it seems, and she has stabbed him.
The Story of Charles Strange Vol. 1 (of 3) | Mrs. Henry Wood
British Dictionary definitions for blow up
to explode or cause to explode
(tr) to increase the importance of (something): they blew the whole affair up
(intr) to come into consideration: we lived well enough before this thing blew up
(intr) to come into existence with sudden force: a storm had blown up
informal to lose one's temper (with a person)
(tr) informal to reprimand (someone)
(tr) informal to enlarge the size or detail of (a photograph)
an explosion
informal an enlarged photograph or part of a photograph
informal a fit of temper or argument
Also called: blowing up informal a reprimand
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Other Idioms and Phrases with blowup
Explode or cause to explode. For example, The squadron was told to blow up the bridge, or Jim was afraid his experiment would blow up the lab. The term is sometimes amplified, as in blow up in one's face. [Late 1500s]
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