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'blow up' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'blow up' with 10 example sentences.


blow up verb

: cause to burst with a violent release of energy

: make large

: get very angry and fly into a rage

: add details to

: burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction

: exaggerate or make bigger

: fill with gas or air

: to swell or cause to enlarge


  • The rocket blew up a few seconds after launch.
  • The enemy blew up the bridge.
  • When we blow up an image, it usually loses its quality.
  • He drove over a land mine and his jeep blew up.
  • After you blow up those balloons, could you sweep the room?
  • The wind blew up her skirt.
  • We blew up a huge rock with dynamite.
  • The man was banging a blow-up doll.
  • It's going to blow up!
  • There was no one in the mine when it blew up.
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