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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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Recent Examples of blowup
Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2024
Industry execs thought the blowup could have positive long-term effects.
—Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024
Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
But their implementation could fuel higher prices for American consumers and slow economic growth, potentially blowing up the trade agreement among the U.S., Canada and Mexico that was finalized in 2020 during Trump's previous time in the White House.
—CBS News, 28 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Getting back to the moon isn’t the only modern challenge beset by delays and budget blowups.
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One of those blew up on its landing attempt while another was purposefully expended to get its payload to a higher orbital insertion.
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Emergency personnel responded shortly before 12:45 a.m. to the scene of a collision at Broadway and Cesar Chavez Avenue, according to a bulletin from the Los Angeles Fire Department.David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
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The sixth-year coach also described the moments that led to the ugly scenes.Kevin Dotson, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024
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That activity consists of eruptions of electromagnetic radiation, or solar flares, and coronal mass ejections, or bubbles of plasma that often burst along with solar flares.Ty Roush, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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The team calculated that Venus’ eruptions are at most 6 percent water vapor.Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
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Many developing countries were angered by the modest deal on climate crisis financing that emerged by consensus from the Azerbaijan talks.Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
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This angered Sonny, and the two couldn’t wait for their performance to end.Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
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Last year, a study published in the journal Physics of Fluids calculated where in a building might be safest to shelter in the case of a nuclear bomb being detonated nearby.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2024
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There is no fuel to ignite, and ammunition may be nearby but not close enough to cause damage if detonated.David Hambling, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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The burglar smashed the Plexiglass case that held the slippers and absconded with them.Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 7 Dec. 2024
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Amid six minutes of bidding the watch soared to its final price of $840,000, totally smashing its $60,000 high estimate.Anthony DeMarco, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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Viewers couldn't stop cracking up over the dog's reaction to snow.Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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Not everyone is convinced, however, that community banks are what they’re cracked up to be.Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 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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Due to the second bomb being located ahead of the explosion, however, the area was cleared ahead of time.Gabrielle Rockson, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
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Along with cucumber engorgement, other physical changes in the plant before and during the explosion shaped the angle, height and distance of a successful seed spew, according to the study.Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Blowup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blowup. Accessed 12 Dec. 2024.
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