TO BLOW UP

Definition: TO BLOW UP

TO BLOW UP

1. (a) To inflate; to distend. (b) To destroy by an explosion from beneath. (c) To explode; as, the boiler blew up. (d) To reprove angrily; to scold. [Slang]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: TO BLOW UP

You want to blow up the moon (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me; writing credit: Mike Myers)

First, I need to blow up one thing (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Hornbeck, I'm getting tired of you. You never push a noun against a verb without trying to blow up something (Inherit the Wind; writing credit: Jerome Lawrence; Robert E. Lee)

Just once, I wish the villain's lair didn't have to blow up. (Kim Possible; writing credit: Julie DuFine; Madellaine Paxson)

So, first you build the bombs to blow up the entire world, and now you want to save it. Make up your mind: which is it going to be (The Peacemaker; writing credit: Leslie Cockburn; Andrew Cockburn)

They Came to Blow Up America (1943)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Economic History

Syria

In 1986, the U.S. withdrew its ambassador and imposed additional administrative sanctions on Syria in response to evidence of direct Syrian involvement in an attempt to blow up an Israeli airplane. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expression using "TO BLOW UP": to blow up letters. Additional references.

Arabic 

فَجّرَ. (various references)

Chinese 

爆炸 (explosion, to detonate, to explode), 爆� � (blast, dynamite, to demolish). (various references)

Danish

eksplodere (explode). (various references)

Dutch

ontploffen (explode), exploderen (explode), doen springen (to explode), doen ontploffen (to burst, to explode, to go off), doen exploderen (to burst, to explode, to go off). (various references)

Finnish

suurentaa kirjaimia (to blow up letters, to enlarge letters). (various references)

French

faire sauter (to detonate), faire exploser (touch off), exploser (to blast, to burst, to explode, to go off). (various references)

German

zerknallen (detonate, to detonate), explodieren (blow, blow up, detonate, erupt, explode, to detonate, to explode), aufblasen (bloat, blow out, blow up, inflate, inflation, puff out, puff up, to bloat, to inflate), abtun (brush aside, dismiss, waive), abschiessen (to explode). (various references)

Greek 

προκαλώ έκρηξη (to burst, to explode, to go off), εξορύσσω (gouge, mine), ανατινάσσω (blast, blow). (various references)

Hungarian

letol (push down, to call down, to razz), felrobban (blow off, explode, go off, to bust, to detonate, to explode, to go off), felpumpál (to pump up), felnagyít (overstate, to exaggerate, to sensationalize), felfújódik. (various references)

Italian

ingrandire dei caratteri (to blow up letters, to enlarge letters). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

吹き上�'る , 巻き上�'る (to heave up, to hoist, to roll up, to take away). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

まきあ�'る (to heave up, to hoist, to roll up, to take away), ふきあ�'る. (various references)

Pig Latin

otay owblay upay.(various references)

Portuguese

rebentar (braird, bud, burgeon, burst, comb, detonate, disrupt, douche, explode, gemmate, part, pop, rive, rupture, split), explodir (blast, burst, explode, fulminate, go), disparar (bolt, discharge, fire, go off, gun, let off, poop, pop, to shoot, touch off). (various references)

Spanish

volar (blow, blow up, fly, sail, spring, walk, wing), hacer saltar (blow up, explode, jump), hacer explosión (explode), explosionar (blow up, explode, go off), dinamitar (dynamite). (various references)

Swedish

förstora tecken (to blow up letters, to enlarge letters). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: blowout.

-2 letters: blowup, bowpot.

-3 letters: bloop, poult, upbow.

-4 letters: blot, blow, bolo, bolt, boot, bout, bowl, lobo, loop, loot, loup, lout, obol, plot, plow, polo, pool, pout, tolu, tool, wool.

-5 letters: boo, bop, bot, bow, but, lob, loo, lop, lot, low, oot, opt, out, owl, pol, pot, pow, pub, pul, put, too, top, tow, tub.