blow up
pronunciation
How to pronounce blow up in British English:
UK [ˈbləʊ ʌp]
How to pronounce blow up in American English:
US [ˈbloʊ ʌp]
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- Verb:
- cause to explode
- make large
- get very angry and fly into a rage
- add details to
- exaggerate or make bigger
- fill with gas or air
- to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
Example
- 1. The insurgents blow up railway tracks seize land and chase away forest guards .
- 2. On september 23rd michael finton was charged with trying to blow up the federal building in springfield illinois .
- 3. New york city authorities said sunday they thwarted a plot to blow up post offices and police stations with crude pipe bombs .
- 4. His views are moderate compared with those of radical salafis who blow up shops selling alcohol and plant bombs on beaches .
- 5. Officials say two parcels intercepted last week that were addressed to synagogues in chicago may have been designed to blow up airplanes .
- 6. Then why did they blow up our house ?
- 7. The current leader 's grandfather and founder of north korea kim il sung was said to have made a hand grenade from a pine cone to blow up an american tank .
- 8. Many of these include poor quality accessories and components such as fake batteries that can blow up on users .
- 9. Plans were also discussed to blow up the israeli embassy in washington and the saudi and israel embassies in argentina .
- 10. It did not blow up overnight .