blow(someone/something)up
phrasal verbwithblowverbuk/bləʊ/us/bloʊ/blew|blown
B1
todestroysomething orkillsomeone with abomb, or to bedestroyedorkilledby abomb:
Theythreatenedtoblowup theplaneiftheirdemandswere notmet.
Hedroveover alandmineand hisJeepblewup.
- Asmallbandofguerrillashasblownup atrainin themountains.
- Thearmyused precision-guidedmunitionstoblowupenemytargets.
- They usedplasticexplosivetoblowup thebridge.
- Guy Fawkes wasexecutedfortreasonafter he tookpartin aplottoblowup the British Parliamentbuilding.
- Thecarblewup whenflamesreacheditsfueltank.
Exploding and erupting
- blast
- blow
- blowout
- burst in onsomeone/something
- burst in/into(somewhere)
- detonate
- detonator
- erupt
- explosion
- explosive
- explosively
- explosiveness
- flame
- go off
- go popidiom
- go up
- implode
- pop
- setsomethingoff
- test-fire