Blow-up Definition

blowup, blowups
verb

(intransitive) To explode or be destroyed by explosion.

Why do cars in movies always blow up when they fall off a cliff?
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To cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion.

We had to blow up the bridge before the enemy army arrived.
More civilians than soldiers have been blown up by anti-personnel mines.
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To inflate or fill with air.

Blow up the balloons.
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To enlarge or zoom in.

Blow up the picture to get a better look at their faces.
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(intransitive) To fail disastrously.
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adjective

Inflatable; able to be blown up.

The kids played with a blow-up sea-monster in the pool.
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noun

An explosion (physical or emotional).

I heard Jen's blow-up from the next room.
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An enlargement (e.g. of a photo).

Make a blow-up of the chart so we have more room to draw on it.
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Other Word Forms of Blow-up

Noun

Singular:
blow-up
Plural:
blow-ups

Blow-up Sentence Examples

  • There was a big blow up last evening... something about Annie, the daughter that died.

  • But why did they not blow up the bridge, if it was mined?

  • This time, don't blow up one of my antiques.

  • All her plans were about to blow up – all this because she had allowed herself to be drawn into a relationship.

  • Dickinson, but the storming parties were too close to permit of the sheds being blown up, and an attempt to blow up the destroyers was beaten back.

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