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BLOWUP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A photographic print that has been enlarged
Synonyms:
blowup; enlargement; magnification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("blowup" is a kind of...):
exposure; photo; photograph; pic; picture (a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format)
Derivation:
blow up (make large)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An unrestrained expression of emotion
Synonyms:
blowup; ebullition; effusion; gush; outburst
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("blowup" is a kind of...):
expression; manifestation; reflection; reflexion (expression without words)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blowup"):
acting out (a (usually irritating) impulsive and uncontrollable outburst by a problem child or a neurotic adult)
cry (a fit of weeping)
explosion (a sudden outburst)
flare (a sudden outburst of emotion)
Derivation:
blow up (get very angry and fly into a rage)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
Synonyms:
blowup; detonation; explosion
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("blowup" is a kind of...):
discharge (the sudden giving off of energy)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blowup"):
airburst (an explosion in the atmosphere)
blast (an explosion (as of dynamite))
backfire (a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine)
big bang ((cosmology) the cosmic explosion that is hypothesized to have marked the origin of the universe)
backfire; blowback (the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired)
fragmentation (the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes)
inflation ((cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang)
Derivation:
blow up (cause to burst with a violent release of energy)
