English to English
verb
- cause to burst with a violent release of energy
We exploded the nuclear bomb.
source: WordNet 3.0
- make large
Blow up an image.
source: WordNet 3.0
- 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- add details to
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- burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
The bomb detonated at noon.
The Molotov cocktail exploded.
source: WordNet 3.0
- exaggerate or make bigger
The charges were inflated.
source: WordNet 3.0
- fill with gas or air
Inflate a balloons.
source: WordNet 3.0
- to swell or cause to enlarge,
Her faced puffed up from the drugs.
Puffed out chests.
source: WordNet 3.0
