Definition of "blow up" [blow up]

To explode or be destroyed by explosion. (verb)
To cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion. (verb)
To inflate or fill with air. (verb)
To enlarge or zoom in. (verb)
To fail disastrously. (verb)

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Use "blow up" in a sentence

"On Christmas Day, Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was arrested for trying to blow up a"
"Days after Faisal Shahzad, a Pakistani-born U.S. citizen and resident of Connecticut, tried to blow up a car bomb in Times Square, Sen. Joe Lieberman seized on renewed fears of a terrorist attack to announce his latest legislative gambit: the "Terrorism Expatriation Act" -- or "TEA" -- which would revoke the citizenship of any American "who is found to be involved with a foreign terrorist organization as designated by the State Department.""
"They might not be able to blow up a car, fire a submachine gun, freeze an opponent, battle a zombie or engage in a samurai-style tournament in the real world."

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