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blowup::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ebullition, effusion, gush, outburst |
| Type of | reflexion, expression, manifestation, reflection |
| Has types | cry, acting out, explosion, flare |
| Derivation | blow up |
blowup::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | enlargement, magnification |
| Type of | pic, exposure, picture, photo, photograph |
| Derivation | blow up |
blowup::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | detonation, explosion |
| Type of | discharge |
| Has types | backfire, blast, blowback, fragmentation, inflation, airburst, big bang |
| Derivation | blow up |
Examples of blowup
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The risk of another blowup, however slight, has some advisers leery of buying in.
From the businessweek.com
Pacer, of course the craziness of the Greenspan era set the stage for the blowup.
From the economist.com
The blowup reflects a still-wide chasm between online and broadcast journalism.
From the time.com
Fundamentally, the blowup proved nothing except the two are campaigning on trivia.
From the sacbee.com
She had committed only two errors prior to the mini-blowup against Timberland.
From the stltoday.com
A blowup creeps ever nearer, like the brush fire burning in the surrounding hills.
From the omaha.com
Except for the blowup in Philly, he has been strong the last couple of months.
From the post-gazette.com
A blowup at a highly leveraged fund in China would still ripple across the system.
From the nytimes.com
It is not the first time a partisan blowup has been solved with a quickie voice vote.
From the washingtonpost.com
- Explosion: a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
- Effusion: an unrestrained expression of emotion
- Enlargement: a photographic print that has been enlarged
- Blowup is a 1966 British-Italian film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, his first English-language film. ...
- Any enlargement of photos, copies or line art.
- A film enlargement from a smaller gauge of film to a larger gauge (i.e. 16mm to 35mm).
- A sudden increase in fire intensity or rate of spread strong enough to prevent direct control or to upset control plans. Blow-ups are often accompanied by violent convection and may have other characteristics of a fire storm. (See Flare-up.)
- Fit of anger. "He and the missus had a blow-up, but it's over, now."
- Enlargement; a print that is made larger than the negative or slide.
