blew up

past tense of blow up
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as in exploded
to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure the building blew up because of a gas leak

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as in shattered
to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive blew up the biggest rocks and then cleared them away

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blew up
Verb
  • Madrid were angered by a decision in that game to award Espanyol defender Carlos Romero a yellow card for a 60th-minute challenge on Kylian Mbappe, which was not upgraded to a red card by VAR.
    Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
  • That meeting angered Israeli officials, and reportedly Dermer in particular.
    Alex Marquardt, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
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  • First, the report represents billions of dollars in AI funding in dots, and shows visually how the field exploded in the last 10 years.
    John Werner, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • The two-story home in Austin’s far north side exploded and collapsed before noon on Sunday, April 13, the fire department told KTBC.
    Mitchell Willetts, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Stash houses were detonated; suspects detained.
    Abel Alvarado, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
  • His wife, Shannon, a Navy cryptologist, was killed in 2019 along with three other Americans when a suicide bomber detonated his vest outside a restaurant in Manbij, in northern Syria.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 23 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The Canadiens had just given up a short-handed goal allowing the Rangers to tie the game, a goal that had just finished being announced when Gallagher buried that shot from the slot.
    Arpon Basu, The Athletic, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The Royals announced that X-ray results were negative for a fracture.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Christmas Eve travel was briefly snarled as the Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop for all American Airlines flights Tuesday.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Christmas Eve travel was briefly snarled as the Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop for all American Airlines flights Tuesday.
    Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The Stretford End was demolished and replaced.
    Michael Walker, The Athletic, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The Lower Hill District was a vibrant, majority-Black neighborhood before it was controversially demolished in the 1950s to make way for the Civic Arena.
    Ryan Deto, Axios, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • This was advertised for sale on the cover of the business section of The Naperville Sun.
    Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Thus, some investors are questioning if high-performing AI models really cost as much as advertised.
    Tomas Milar, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The signature purple glow has popped up, then disappeared, across the country as the lamps slowly fail and are replaced.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Lucky Duck also popped up again to insinuate that the panel's guesses for the latter costume were way off, well, base.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Blew up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blew%20up. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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