Pronunciation: /bloʊ ʌp/
noun an explosion or detonation
A1 The children watched a balloon blow up at the party.
A2 I heard a loud blow up in the distance and went to investigate.
B1 The blow up of the car was caused by a faulty engine.
B2 The sudden blow up of the volcano took everyone by surprise.
C1 The blow up of the building was a controlled demolition for redevelopment purposes.
C2 The political scandal led to the blow up of the entire government.
verb to explode or cause to explode violently
A1 The balloon will blow up if you keep blowing air into it.
A2 I accidentally blew up the balloon too much and it popped.
B1 The scientist warned that the experiment could blow up if not conducted carefully.
B2 The terrorist attempted to blow up the building, but the bomb was defused in time.
C1 The company's profits are expected to blow up after the new product launch.
C2 The scandal threatened to blow up into a major political crisis.
formal The engineers are concerned about the possibility of the gas tank blowing up during the test.
informal If you keep adding more air to the balloon, it's going to blow up soon.
slang I heard that the car engine blew up right in the middle of the highway.
figurative The argument between the two colleagues was about to blow up into a full-blown conflict.
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