Definition of blowup Blowup
/blowˈʌˌp/ - [blowup] - blow•up
We found 7 definitions of blowup from 4 different sources.
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What does blowup mean?
WordNet
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| blowup - a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction | ||
| explosion, detonation | ||
| discharge the act of discharging a gun | ||
| airburst an explosion in the atmosphere | ||
| blast a very long fly ball | ||
| backfire a miscalculation that recoils on its maker | ||
| big bang (cosmology) the cosmic explosion that is hypothesized to have marked the origin of the universe | ||
| blowback, backfire misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service | ||
| fragmentation the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes | ||
| blowup - an unrestrained expression of emotion | ||
| effusion, gush, outburst, ebullition | ||
| manifestation, reflexion, reflection, expression a manifest indication of the existence or presence or nature of some person or thing; "a manifestation of disease" | ||
| acting out (psychiatry) the display of previously inhibited emotions (often in actions rather than words); considered to be healthy and therapeutic | ||
| cry a fit of weeping; "had a good cry" | ||
| explosion the act of exploding or bursting; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft" | ||
| blowup - a photographic print that has been enlarged | ||
| enlargement, magnification | ||
| photo, photograph, pic, exposure, picture a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide; recorded by a camera on light-sensitive material | ||
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Wiktionary 
- blowup (Noun)
An explosion, or violent outburst. - blowup (Noun)
An enlargement.
Wikipedia 
- Blowup is a 1966 English-Italian drama movie. The movie was nominated for two Academy Award and won a Grand Prixaward. It is directed by Italian movie director Michelangelo Antonioni and written by Antonioni, Toni Guerra and Edward Bond. It starred David Hemmings and Vanessa Redgrave. Carlo Ponti produced the movie. This was Antonioni's first English language movie.
Part of speech
🔤- blowup, noun, singular of blowups.
