1. blow up, detonate, explode, set off

cause to burst with a violent release of energy

Example Sentences:
'We exploded the nuclear bomb'

• detonate
• explode
• set off

2. blow up, enlarge, magnify

make large

Example Sentences:
'blow up an image'

• enlarge
• magnify

3. blow a fuse, blow one's stack, blow up, combust, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, fly off the handle, go ballistic, have a fit, have kittens, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, lose one's temper, throw a fit

get very angry and fly into a rage

Example Sentences:
'The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question'
'Spam makes me go ballistic'

• blow a fuse
• blow one's stack
• combust
• flip one's lid
• flip one's wig
• fly off the handle
• go ballistic
• have a fit
• have kittens
• hit the ceiling
• hit the roof
• lose one's temper
• throw a fit

4. aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad

add details to

• aggrandise
• aggrandize
• dramatise
• dramatize
• embellish
• embroider
• lard
• pad

5. blow up, detonate, explode

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

Example Sentences:
'the bomb detonated at noon'
'The Molotov cocktail exploded'

• detonate
• explode

6. amplify, blow up, expand, inflate

exaggerate or make bigger

Example Sentences:
'The charges were inflated'

• amplify
• expand
• inflate

7. blow up, inflate

fill with gas or air

Example Sentences:
'inflate a balloons'

• inflate

8. blow up, puff, puff out, puff up

to swell or cause to enlarge,

Example Sentences:
'Her faced puffed up from the drugs'
'puffed out chests'

• puff
• puff out
• puff up