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(intransitive, also, _, metaphorically) To explode or be destroyed by explosion.

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#1·Apr 26, 2026

(intransitive, also, _, metaphorically) To explode or be destroyed by explosion.

See if you can blow the bubbles up the staircase.
Origin: From , blowe up, dissimilated forms of earlier (> ), equivalent to . Compare , , and aufblasen, , ,. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • it seems like the only thing you need to blow up on bluesky is a) quit your job and post 700 times a day and b.) occasionally post good, but these are things i can never do

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • Having provided stability and peace in Scotland, King James counted on his experience when he added the new crowns. But it wasn't long before rebels attempted to kill him (and blow up the Parliament in the Gunpowder Plot planned for 5th November 1605). 7/10

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • I do think that's their current plan and hope, to basically fight the climate war via trade wars and incentive. I'm not too optimistic on that front because god we westerners are fucking STUPID but I hope it works out and nothing has to blow up.

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • Isn’t it ironic that Mr. “America First” tends to send all the money in the world to other countries, namely dictatorships? What about America? Oh right! America gets its money sent to the Schutzstaffel aka ICE and the military to blow up more children’s schools.

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • One of the great - and ongoing - failures of the media is to call this White House project a "ballroom." It's not a fucking ballroom. It's a bunker for the Epstein Class to hide in when they blow up the world.

    Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 26, 2026

(transitive) To inflate or fill with air, either by literally blowing or by using a pump.

Why do cars in movies always blow up when they fall off a cliff?
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  • Its a really simple process. Its a mind over matter thing and you dont necessarily have to Blow up the planet. That's a Mad Jakeivius Fantasy. If the planet rotated even 5 degrees off of its axis or any number of things.. A solar flare would do it.

    Bluesky· May 2026
  • The term "dummymander" gets way overused A map has to way blow up in your face to be a dummymander, and none of the maps the Republicans are drawing really qualify as such from what I understand about them, even if they maybe don't get the maximal gains they want.

    Bluesky· May 2026
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#3·Apr 26, 2026

(transitive, also, _, metaphorically) To cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion.

Trying blowing up it at an angle instead of directly across it.
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