English-Danish translations for blow up

• detonere
• eksplodere
  Hvis det ikke sker, er jeg sikker på, at problemerne eksploderer når som helst. If that does not happen, the problems are certain to blow up in our hands.
  Man må standse dette skråplan, ellers risikerer vi en dag at se Europa eksplodere mellem hænderne på os. We must stop this downward trend, lest one day we see Europe blow up in our faces.
  Hvis Iraks integritet ikke kan sikres, vil det kurdiske spørgsmål eksplodere i ansigterne på os. If Iraq's integrity cannot be safeguarded, the Kurdish question will blow up in our faces.
• forstørre
• springe i luften
• sprænge i luften

Definition of blow up

• To explode or be destroyed by explosion
• To cause to explode, or to destroy or maim or kill by means of an explosion
• To inflate or fill with air, either by literally blowing or using an air pump
• To enlarge or zoom in
• To fail disastrously
• To become popular very quickly
• To suddenly get very angry
• To become much more fat or rotund in a short space of time
• To excite
• To scold violently
• To blow the whistle
• To bombard with a large number of telephone calls, texts, etc
• To cause a malodorous smell by flatulation or defecation

Examples

• Why do cars in movies always blow up when they fall off a cliff?
• We had to blow up the bridge before the enemy army arrived.
• More civilians than soldiers have been blown up by anti-personnel mines.
• For the school science project, each student will blow up a balloon and then tie it closed.
• Blow up the picture to get a better look at their faces.
• This album is about to blow up; they’re being promoted on MTV.
• Dad blew up at me when I told him I was pregnant.
• to blow someone up with flattery
• to blow up a contention
• to blow up a person for some offence
• Dont go in there...I really blew it up.

Related words

• blowing up
• blow up in one's face
• blow something up
• blow-up
• upblow
• blowup