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US
/ˈbɫoʊˌəp/
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[ UK /blˈəʊʌp/ ]
[ UK /blˈəʊʌp/ ]
NOUN
- a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
- a photographic print that has been enlarged
- an unrestrained expression of emotion
How To Use blowup In A Sentence
- Limiting or eliminating leverage and derivatives is a start; the only way to enable smooth bankruptcy with Uncle Sam covering FDIC obligations and preventing further blowups in a chain-reaction is turning these megacorps into just corps. Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » It Won’t Stop Until Someone (Besides the Taxpayers) Pays a Price
- The blowup showed a scar on the attacker's cheek.
- Mrs. Kirchner started off her first term disastrously, getting into a blowup with Washington over a U.S. prosecutor's investigation into Miami man who allegedly delivered a suitcase of cash from Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez to Mrs. Kirchner's 2007 campaign. Argentina's Kirchner Begins Second Term
- Many Democrats tied Mr. Wilson's blowup to what they called the uncivil behavior at town-hall meetings over the summer. 'You Lie!' Jars Washington but Resonates Back Home
- Ironically, until this security blowup, she'd been among the least temperamental geniuses he knew. DALE BROWN'S DREAMLAND (5) STRIKE ZONE
- The jingoes exulted. gotcha! screamed the New York Post, showing a blowup of Zarqawi's face, bruised and puffy (the tabloid couldn't resist a cartoon bubble from the dead terrorist's mouth uttering the command "Warm up the virgins"). Death of a Terrorist
- Straight ahead, simmering down or getting ready for another blowup?
- There was the mini blowup in the dugout when one of his pitchers failed to retaliate for a beanball at Guillen.
- This is important - coz in MAX 9 - hairs wont render with any render type (region, box, blowup, view etc.), other that #view. News
- My smallest boat, a 9 foot blowup, which is always loosing air is powered by a 5 HP motor and has a retail value of only a couple of hundred dollars. Harbor Master?