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make large
blow up an image
(verb) puff, puff out, puff up
to swell or cause to enlarge, "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"
puffed out chests
(verb) inflate
fill with gas or air
inflate a balloons
(verb) expand, amplify, inflate
exaggerate or make bigger
The charges were inflated
burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
the bomb detonated at noon; The Molotov cocktail exploded
(verb) explode, detonate, set off
cause to burst with a violent release of energy
We exploded the nuclear bomb
(verb) dramatise, dramatize, aggrandise, aggrandize, pad, embellish, embroider, lard
add details to
(verb) fly off the handle, flip one's lid, flip one's wig, lose one's temper, combust, blow a fuse, blow one's stack, have a fit, have kittens, go ballistic, hit the ceiling, hit the roof, throw a fit
get very angry and fly into a rage
The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question; Spam makes me go ballistic