blow up

Etymology
From, , dissimilated forms of earlier (> 🇨🇬), equivalent to. Compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  To blow something upward.
 * 2)  To explode or be destroyed by explosion.
 * 3)  To cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion.
 * 4)  To inflate or fill with air, either by literally blowing or by using a pump.
 * 5)  To enlarge or zoom in on.
 * 6)  To fail disastrously.
 * 7)  To increase without bound as the function argument or parameter increases; to tend toward infinity; to approach infinity as a limit.
 * 8)  To become popular very quickly.
 * 9) * 1999, Eminem, My Name Is (song)
 * You know you blew up when the women rush your stands And try to touch your hands like some screaming Usher fans
 * 1)  To suddenly get very angry, to lose one's temper.
 * 2)  To become much more fat or rotund in a short space of time.
 * 3)  To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up.
 * 4)  To excite.
 * 5)  To scold violently, blow up at.
 * 6)  To blow the whistle.
 * 7)  To succumb to oxygen debt and lose the ability to maintain pace in a race.
 * 8)  To overwhelm through unexpectedly high demand, activity, usage, traffic volume, etc.
 * 9)  (said of a cell phone, pager, or other personal communication device) To bombard with a large number of calls, texts, or notifications, to the point of rendering temporarily unusable or exasperating the recipient.
 * 10)  To be overwhelmed by unexpectedly high demand, usage, activity, traffic volume, etc.
 * 11)  (said of a cell phone, pager, or other personal communication device) To receive a large number of calls, texts, or notifications, to the point of being rendered temporarily unusable or exasperating the recipient.
 * 12)  To cause a malodorous smell by flatulation, defecation, etc.
 * 13)  To begin; to gather; to form.
 * A storm is blowing up in the north.
 * 1)  To use an intoxicating drug; to get high.
 * 1)  To become much more fat or rotund in a short space of time.
 * 2)  To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up.
 * 3)  To excite.
 * 4)  To scold violently, blow up at.
 * 5)  To blow the whistle.
 * 6)  To succumb to oxygen debt and lose the ability to maintain pace in a race.
 * 7)  To overwhelm through unexpectedly high demand, activity, usage, traffic volume, etc.
 * 8)  (said of a cell phone, pager, or other personal communication device) To bombard with a large number of calls, texts, or notifications, to the point of rendering temporarily unusable or exasperating the recipient.
 * 9)  To be overwhelmed by unexpectedly high demand, usage, activity, traffic volume, etc.
 * 10)  (said of a cell phone, pager, or other personal communication device) To receive a large number of calls, texts, or notifications, to the point of being rendered temporarily unusable or exasperating the recipient.
 * 11)  To cause a malodorous smell by flatulation, defecation, etc.
 * 12)  To begin; to gather; to form.
 * A storm is blowing up in the north.
 * 1)  To use an intoxicating drug; to get high.
 * 1)  (said of a cell phone, pager, or other personal communication device) To bombard with a large number of calls, texts, or notifications, to the point of rendering temporarily unusable or exasperating the recipient.
 * 2)  To be overwhelmed by unexpectedly high demand, usage, activity, traffic volume, etc.
 * 3)  (said of a cell phone, pager, or other personal communication device) To receive a large number of calls, texts, or notifications, to the point of being rendered temporarily unusable or exasperating the recipient.
 * 4)  To cause a malodorous smell by flatulation, defecation, etc.
 * 5)  To begin; to gather; to form.
 * A storm is blowing up in the north.
 * 1)  To use an intoxicating drug; to get high.
 * 1)  To be overwhelmed by unexpectedly high demand, usage, activity, traffic volume, etc.
 * 2)  (said of a cell phone, pager, or other personal communication device) To receive a large number of calls, texts, or notifications, to the point of being rendered temporarily unusable or exasperating the recipient.
 * 3)  To cause a malodorous smell by flatulation, defecation, etc.
 * 4)  To begin; to gather; to form.
 * A storm is blowing up in the north.
 * 1)  To use an intoxicating drug; to get high.
 * 1)  To cause a malodorous smell by flatulation, defecation, etc.
 * 2)  To begin; to gather; to form.
 * A storm is blowing up in the north.
 * 1)  To use an intoxicating drug; to get high.
 * A storm is blowing up in the north.
 * 1)  To use an intoxicating drug; to get high.

Usage notes
In senses 3, 4, and 5 the object may appear before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must be before the particle.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:, , գմփցնել
 * Azerbaijani: partlatmaq
 * Cherokee: ᎠᏔᏍᎩᏍᏗᎭ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish: sprænge i luften
 * Esperanto: eksplodigi
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: აფეთქება
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ingrian: revittää
 * Irish: pléasc
 * Italian: saltare in aria
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean: 폭파하다
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Mongolian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: arunca în aer,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: havaya uçurmak
 * Ukrainian: підрива́ти, підірва́ти, виса́джувати в пові́тря,
 * Vietnamese:


 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Azerbaijani: partlamaq
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: springe i luften, eksplodere
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:, posahtaa
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ingrian: reppiä
 * Irish: pléasc
 * Italian:, saltare in aria
 * Japanese: 爆発する
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: вибуха́ти, ви́бухнути


 * Azerbaijani: partlamaq
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Ngazidja Comorian: hea utungu


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: enflâ
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: φυσάω
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Polish: pompować balon, napompować balon
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: blåsa upp
 * Turkish:


 * Danish: forstørre
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Japanese: 拡大する
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Telugu: