To explode or be destroyed by explosion.
Why do cars in movies always blow up when they fall off a cliff?
To cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion.
More civilians than soldiers have been blown up by anti-personnel mines.
To inflate or fill with air, either by literally blowing or using an air pump.
For the school science project, each student will blow up a balloon and then tie it closed.
To enlarge or zoom in.
Blow up the picture to get a better look at their faces.
To fail disastrously.
To become popular very quickly.
This album is about to blow up; they’re being promoted on MTV.
To suddenly get very angry.
Dad blew up at me when I told him I was pregnant.
To become much more fat or rotund in a short space of time.
To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up.
to blow someone up with flattery
To excite.
to blow up a contention
To scold violently.
to blow up a person for some offence
To blow the whistle.
To succumb to the oxygen debt and lose the ability to maintain pace in a race.
To bombard with a large number of telephone calls, texts, etc.
To cause a malodorous smell by flatulation or defecation
Don't go in there...I really blew it up.