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as in scene
an outburst or display of excited anger
the boss had another blowup when someone fouled up the copy machine
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as in eruption
the act or an instance of exploding
the last blowup of the volcano flattened trees for miles around
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as in to anger
to become very angry
she blew up at everybody after a very long and very bad day
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as in to detonate
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 to smash
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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as in to crack up
to praise or publicize lavishly and often excessively
the advertisement blows the new soda up to the point where I half expected to be transported to a higher level of consciousness
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Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
There’s nothing like a blowup fight to kick of another season of The Real Housewives!
—Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
At one point, the killer threatened to blow up a school bus filled with children.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
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Noun
After a particularly big blowup, Alemeda says her mom threw her clothes out and changed the locks.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2024
There’s nothing like a blowup fight to kick of another season of The Real Housewives!
—Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
Verb
While there a January review from Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy blew up Ozzy’s spot.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
At one point, the killer threatened to blow up a school bus filled with children.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 23 Oct. 2024
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In the new Hulu and Disney+ documentary Road Diary: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, the singer and his many bandmates take fans behind the scenes of their most recent tour.Victoria Edel, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
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But apparently, something happened behind the scenes to sour their feelings on each other.Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
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For example in 1991, the Mount Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines emitted 20 millions amounts of sulfur into the atmosphere, which cooled the global climate by about 0.5 degrees Celsius during the years following.Maeve Campbell, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Hernández caused an eruption two pitches later, ambushing a 1-and-0 fastball for a two-run shot the other way.Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
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So passengers who haven't paid for the perks and cut the line can anger others, adding to the frustrations of flying.Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2024
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Bowling said she was angered upon hearing that DeWine planned to stop accepting the money.Annabella Rosciglione, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 Oct. 2024
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The group first drew global headlines in August 2021 when one of its members detonated a bomb outside the Kabul airport, killing 170 Afghans and 13 American service members.Dan De Luce, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2024
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On May 22, 2017, minutes after Grande’s live performance concluded at the UK’s Manchester Arena, a terrorist detonated a suicide bomb in the arena’s foyer.Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
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After markets closed on Wednesday, Microsoft reported its best-ever quarter in the tech company’s history, smashing expectations—making $24.7 billion net income, over $23.2 billion predicted by analysts and 11% up year-over-year.Megan Poinski, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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At that pace, the moons are predicted to either smash into their host planet in about 50 million years, or fragment into countless smaller pieces to form a Saturn-like ring.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 31 Oct. 2024
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Lamorne cracked up at the suggestion, then quietly orchestrated a face-to-face.Angelique Jackson, Variety, 12 Oct. 2024
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Another video from the same day shows the family of three cracking up together in the pool.Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 14 Oct. 2024
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Volunteers were charged around 25 cents per huff, bringing in good profit for those who’d invested in the necessary gas tanks, tubes, and breathing bags.Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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The huffs and hums, produced by two women standing face-to-face and vocalizing from their throats, is believed to be one of the oldest music forms in the world.Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Aug. 2024
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In the Tianjin port, an initial explosion of nitrocellulose led to a much bigger detonation of eight hundred pounds of ammonium nitrate.Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 23 Oct. 2024
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Kwame Oppong, Bank of Ghana's head of fintech and innovation banking, pointed to fears around regulatory shortfalls amid an explosion of companies and technologies in recent years.Lucinda Shen, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Blowup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blowup. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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