What does blowing up mean?

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blowing up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.20 in modern English

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verb

present participle and gerund of blow up

noun

Colloquial

"Blowings up —explodings— Such would be your fate; Streams of fire 'neath us! — Bless us, what a state!"

blowings up (plural)

berating

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