BLOWN UP Synonyms: 137 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in blown

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verb

past participle of blow up

as in angered

to become very angry she blew up at everybody after a very long and very bad day

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as in exploded

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 demolished

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 trumpeted

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 blown up

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For the exhibition, seven of Cerio’s photographs were blown up and mounted on panels on the side of a road in Gibellina, a township in Sicily. — News Desk, Artforum, 11 Aug. 2026 Defense Minister Radu Miruță posted a Facebook video supposedly showing one of the drones being blown up in the water by explosive ordnance disposal divers of the Romanian army on August 11, as reported by Reuters and other news outlets. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 11 Aug. 2026 Incidentally, said bridge was built in 1849 by the same architect who designed Hammersmith Bridge, and rebuilt after being blown up by the Germans in 1945, in order to stop Russian troops from crossing the Danube. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026 And the cast has blown up to the point where Marvel is now bringing in folks from other superhero universes. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Aug. 2026 Thus the image is both cropped at the top and bottom and blown up in a way that increases the grain and softness. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 21 July 2026 There was gunfire, bodies on the sidewalks, and buildings blown up. — Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2026 Matching offer sheets could have totally blown up any of those teams’ salary outlooks. — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 6 July 2026 The video, of course, has also blown up because Miller has style. — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 3 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blown up

Adjective

The annual monsoon season frequently triggers flooding in Assam, where swollen rivers inundate large areas and displace thousands of residents each year.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026
The department urged residents to seek medical care immediately if a wound exposed to brackish or salt water becomes red, swollen, painful, warm or discolored, and to tell their health care provider about the water exposure.

— Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of swollen

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They were angered by Armenia's agreement to hand over control of several border villages to Azerbaijan and normalize relations with its neighbor after being locked for decades in territorial disputes.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2026
The two exchanged words, and a Gilman shove angered Walker, who tackled him to the ground.

— Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of angered

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Taylor joined the Bravo series in its latest season, which later exploded into scandal and earned its first Emmy nomination in the outstanding unstructured reality program category.

— Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026
In seconds, her neighbor's home across the street exploded and went up in flames.

— Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of exploded

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Wasserman Schultz is running in the redrawn Fort Lauderdale-area 20th District after her seat was blown into smithereens.

— Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 13 Aug. 2026
Its front door was six inches too short for its frame and outfitted with a bathroom push knob instead of a lever handle, almost as if the original slab had been blown from its casing by an internal explosion.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of blown

Adjective

Cover pot, reduce heat to low, and simmer, checking occasionally to make sure water isn’t boiling too rapidly, until matzo balls are very puffed and light in color, 30–40 minutes.

— Molly Baz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Mar. 2026
Bake, 1 baking sheet at a time, in preheated oven until slightly puffed and golden brown, about 12 minutes.

— Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2026

Definition of puffed

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Meanwhile, the tech industry's multitrillion-dollar spending spree on data centers and AI infrastructure has snarled supply chains.

— Matt Peterson,Kate Rooney, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
After the upheaval of the coronavirus pandemic, followed by the writers’ and actors’ strikes that snarled the production pipeline, many industry observers feared that Zoomers were a lost demographic.

— Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of snarled

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In Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, a Russian glide bomb demolished six floors of a 10-story apartment block, killing one person and wounding 16 others, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
The facade will join a growing list of other historic sites that have been steadily demolished around Charlotte over the decades.

— Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2026