(Pulse of a Dead Star Powers Intense Gamma Rays, NASA) Pulsars are one of several types of stellar remnants that are left over when stars blow up in supernova explosions. Intumesce swell swell up tumefy tumesce (expand abnormally) Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singingĪggrandise aggrandize blow up dramatise dramatize embellish embroider lard padĪmplify exaggerate hyperbolise hyperbolize magnify overdraw overstate (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)īurst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reactionĮxpand (make bigger or wider in size, volume, or quantity)īillow heave surge (rise and move, as in waves or billows) Photography picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)īlowup (a photographic print that has been enlarged)īlow a fuse blow one's stack blow up combust flip one's lid flip one's wig fly off the handle go ballistic have a fit have kittens hit the ceiling hit the roof lose one's temper throw a fitīlowup (an unrestrained expression of emotion) Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "blow up"):įulminate (cause to explode violently and with loud noise)īlowup (a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction)
Hypernyms (to "blow up" is one way to.):Ĭhange integrity (change in physical make-up)īlow up detonate explode (burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction) Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc. Cause to burst with a violent release of energy
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