blow up (v.)
- accelerate
- adulate
- aggrandize
- aggravate
- amplify
- annoy
- apotheosize
- arouse
- augment
- awake
- awaken
- backfire
- belie
- bellow
- blast
- bless
- blitz
- bloat
- blow
- blueprint
- bluster
- boil
- bomb
- bombard
- brain
- breeze
- brew
- bristle
- broaden
- build
- bulk
- burn
- burst
- bust
- celebrate
- complicate
- concentrate
- condense
- consolidate
- crescendo
- deepen
- deflate
- deify
- detonate
- develop
- dilate
- discharge
- discredit
- disintegrate
- disprove
- distend
- double
- drop
- emblazon
- enhance
- enkindle
- enlarge
- enrage
- eulogize
- exacerbate
- exaggerate
- exalt
- excite
- expand
- explode
- expose
- extend
- extol
- fan
- fell
- fire
- fizzle
- flame
- flatter
- flip
- foment
- freshen
- fulminate
- fume
- gather
- glorify
- heat
- heighten
- hero-worship
- hike
- huff
- idolize
- incense
- incinerate
- incite
- increase
- inflame
- inflate
- infuriate
- intensify
- invalidate
- kindle
- lapidate
- laud
- lionize
- madden
- magnify
- mine
- misfire
- move
- mushroom
- negate
- negative
- overpraise
- poleax
- praise
- process
- puff
- pump
- puncture
- rage
- raise
- ramify
- ramp
- rant
- rarefy
- rave
- redouble
- reinforce
- riddle
- rouse
- salute
- seethe
- sharpen
- shoot
- silence
- smolder
- spring
- squall
- stir
- stone
- storm
- strengthen
- stretch
- sufflate
- swell
- triple
- trumpet
- undercut
- up
- vaporize
- waft
- wake
- waken
- warm
- whet
- whiff
- widen
