Blow up: Synonyms in English

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blow up:
- exaggerate; blow out of proportions; blow up; overdo; heighten; explode; blow to pieces; burst out; set in; enlarge; magnify; puff; puff up; puff out; inflate; expand; amplify; detonate; set off; embellish; lard; embroider; dramatize; pad; dramatise; aggrandise; aggrandize

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Detailed Synonyms for blow up in English

blow up:

to blow up verb (blows up, blowing up)

to blow up
to exaggerate; blow out of proportions; to blow up; to overdo
- exaggerate verb (exaggerates, exaggerated, exaggerating)
- blow out of proportions verb
- blow up verb (blows up, blowing up)
- overdo verb (overdoes, overdid, overdoing)
to blow up
to exaggerate; to blow up; to overdo; to heighten
- exaggerate verb (exaggerates, exaggerated, exaggerating)
- blow up verb (blows up, blowing up)
- overdo verb (overdoes, overdid, overdoing)
- heighten verb (heightens, heightened, heightening)
to blow up
to blow up; to explode; to blow to pieces
- blow up verb (blows up, blowing up)
- explode verb (explodes, exploded, exploding)
- blow to pieces verb (blows to pieces, blowing to pieces)
to blow up
to blow up
- blow up verb (blows up, blowing up)
to blow up
to burst out; to blow up; to set in
- burst out verb (bursts out, bursted out, bursting out)
- blow up verb (blows up, blowing up)
- set in verb (sets in, set in, setting in)
to blow up

– make large ¹
to enlarge; to blow up; magnify
– make large ¹
- enlarge verb (enlarges, enlarged, enlarging)
- blow up verb (blows up, blowing up)
  - blow up an image¹
- magnify verb
to blow up

– to swell or cause to enlarge, ¹
to puff; to blow up; to puff up; puff out
– to swell or cause to enlarge, ¹
- puff verb (puffs, puffed, puffing)
  - Her faced puffed up from the drugs¹
  - puffed out chests¹
- blow up verb (blows up, blowing up)
- puff up verb (puffs up, puffed up, puffing up)
- puff out verb
to blow up

– fill with gas or air ¹
to inflate; to blow up
– fill with gas or air ¹
- inflate verb (inflates, inflated, inflating)
  - inflate a balloons¹
- blow up verb (blows up, blowing up)
to blow up

– exaggerate or make bigger ¹
to expand; to amplify; to inflate; to blow up
– exaggerate or make bigger ¹
- expand verb (expands, expanded, expanding)
- amplify verb (amplifies, amplified, amplifying)
- inflate verb (inflates, inflated, inflating)
  - The charges were inflated¹
- blow up verb (blows up, blowing up)
to blow up

– burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction ¹
to explode; to blow up; detonate
– burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction ¹
- explode verb (explodes, exploded, exploding)
  - The Molotov cocktail exploded¹
- blow up verb (blows up, blowing up)
- detonate verb
  - the bomb detonated at noon¹
to blow up

– cause to burst with a violent release of energy ¹
to explode; to blow up; detonate; set off
– cause to burst with a violent release of energy ¹
- explode verb (explodes, exploded, exploding)
  - We exploded the nuclear bomb¹
- blow up verb (blows up, blowing up)
- detonate verb
- set off verb
to blow up

– add details to ¹
to embellish; to lard; to embroider; to blow up; to dramatize; to pad; dramatise; aggrandise; aggrandize
– add details to ¹
- embellish verb (embellishes, embellished, embellishing)
- lard verb (lards, larded, larding)
- embroider verb (embroiders, embroidered, embroidering)
- blow up verb (blows up, blowing up)
- dramatize verb, American (dramatizes, dramatized, dramatizing)
- pad verb (pads, padded, padding)
- dramatise verb, British
- aggrandise verb, British
- aggrandize verb, American