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What is another word for
blew up
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To have made a quantity bigger
Past tense for to explode, or cause to explode, usually into pieces
Past tense for to rage or become very angry
Past tense for to arise or break out suddenly
Past tense for to magnify the importance or significance of
Past tense for to extol or praise effusively, and typically excessively
Past tense for to severely reprimand or criticize someone
Past tense for to demolish completely
Past tense for lose one's cool
Past tense for to give greater praise than due
Past tense for to bombard with bombs or artillery
Past tense for to make (something) appear larger, typically by means of a (device with a) lens
Past tense for to diminish the confidence or courage of
Past tense for set on fire
Past tense for to cause to become angry
(
puff up
)
Past tense for to promote with exaggerated or false praise
Past tense for to disprove a statement, theory or belief
Past tense for to become excitedly upset or angry
Past tense for to go, or cause to go, insane or as if insane
Past tense for to break up into small pieces as the result of impact
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Verb
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To have made a quantity bigger
increased
raised
enlarged
improved
incremented
boosted
enhanced
furthered
expanded
extended
proliferated
advanced
amplified
elevated
heightened
maximized
US
optimized
US
augmented
developed
enriched
inflated
progressed
strengthened
consolidated
magnified
multiplied
compounded
doubled
escalated
aggrandized
ameliorated
bettered
broadened
built
grew
lengthened
lifted
reinforced
upped
accelerated
added to
amassed
beefed up
built up
bumped up
cranked up
deepened
hiked up
inflamed
jacked up
reenforced
snowballed
spread
stepped up
swelled
tripled
widened
annexed
dilated
distended
fleshed out
marked up
mounted
padded
protracted
pumped up
ratcheted up
redoubled
sharpened
shot up
slapped on
supersized
supplemented
tacked on
upraised
upscaled
went up
added
drew out
elongated
followed up
hyped
made better
made bigger
made greater
made larger
maximised
UK
optimised
UK
parlayed
prolonged
pullulated
pumped
teemed
thickened
topped up
waxed
swoll
ballooned
puffed up
bloated
lift
mushroomed
puffed out
rose
burgeoned
bourgeoned
filled out
swelled up
bulged
stretched
straught
tumefied
billowed
filled
intensified
clomb
climbed
fattened
intumesced
rocketed
skyrocketed
developt
appreciated
aerated
soared
spiralled
UK
spiraled
US
accumulated
hiked
engorged
pyramided
became larger
got bigger
increased in size
puffed
exaggerated
surged
gained
bagged
arose
bulked
bellied
jumped
jacked
intensated
became distended
spread out
bulged out
went through the roof
put up
burst
piled up
filled with air
became bloated
rolled up
became bigger
burst forth
leaped up
filled up
blew out
stoked
swarmed
accrued
collected
ascended
accentuated
boomed
peaked
blew
flourished
roused
sweetened
ran up
amped up
jumped up
sprouted
exploded
sprang up
bilged
mounted up
scaled up
increased rapidly
became greater
went through the ceiling
got larger
rose rapidly
rose up
thrived
grew rapidly
luxuriated
throve
distorted
billowed out
swelled out
bellied out
bulked up
bolstered
upsurged
souped up
prospered
developed rapidly
went off
detonated
brast
leaped
US
leapt
UK
got higher
exacerbated
surged up
plumped
pouched
got stronger
picked up
became more powerful
protuberated
pooched
bunched
beetled
jumboized
speeded up
aggravated
sped up
stacked up
upsized
made thicker
became thicker
made wider
became broader
made broader
made longer
became deeper
made deeper
became longer
grew larger
grew bigger
became wider
embiggened
embellished
overstated
protruded
projected
stuck out
pouted
became inflated
rounded out
welled up
jutted
became swollen
stood out
poked
overhung
overplayed
dramatized
US
embroidered
elaborated
emphasized
US
exalted
overestimated
overdid
hyperbolized
overemphasized
US
crammed
stretched the truth
dramatised
UK
drove up
made a big thing out of
overemphasised
UK
blew up out of all proportion
touched up
emphasised
UK
surcharged
blew something out of all proportion
swollen
grown
risen
upgraded
clumb
gathered
refined
fortified
worked up
bloomed
cultivated
made headway
evolved
perfected
run up
become more numerous
uplifted
matured
made progress
made strides
thriven
spiked
feed
fed
worsened
cumulated
gone up
built on
blown up
boosted up
promoted
blossomed
grown rapidly
gotten bigger
propagated
flowed
become larger
flowered
gained strength
pushed up
come on
made worse
increased exponentially
toned up
ripened
run riot
fostered
polished
updated
stimulated
shaped up
brushed up
smartened up
fine-tuned
gone through the roof
worked out
moved forward
became more numerous
forged ahead
concentrated
nourished
nurtured
diversified
stockpiled
acquired
succeeded
festered
modernized
US
transformed
modernised
UK
revolutionized
US
meliorated
endowed
stressed
toned
sprung up
emerged
brightened
buttressed
sprung
topped
put on a spurt
increased in scope
outspread
made healthy
jazzed up
put on
increased in value
put fuel on
fattened up
come along
piled on
revolutionised
UK
set off
come of age
heated up
gone through the ceiling
het up
increased dramatically
shored up
spread quickly
turned up
bucked up
expounded
detailed
improved on
arisen
explicated
fast-tracked
smartened
straightened out
grew in
grown in
risen rapidly
reequipped
injected
spurred on
reequipt
ran riot
secured
came on
fueled
tended
fuelled
produced
unfolded
issued
bred
sustained
ensued
followed
honed
complemented
vitalized
opened
unrolled
moved
pushed
changed
kept burning
mended
metastasized
stirred
rekindled
fermented
favoured
UK
advantaged
inspirited
titivated
helped
favored
US
become bigger
amended
invigorated
aided
advertised
underlined
advertized
revitalized
US
altered
metamorphosed
nutrified
benefited
benefitted
uprose
uprisen
quickened
brewed
smouldered
UK
adapted
headed
transmogrified
differentiated
proceeded
inclined
sprang
supplied
subsidized
US
stuffed
spurted
aggregated
manifolded
expatiated
vaulted
towered
escaladed
diffused
piggybacked
came along
become better
broadened one's horizons
trucked
poured it on
adapted yourself
pushed on
totted
tagged on
been successful
practised
UK
practiced
US
reflated
got to
poised
darkened
sent through the roof
acquired more of something
contributed to
hopped up
become stronger
pushed ahead
branched out
pervaded
started to be
readied
heaped on
revitalised
UK
reached
came of age
welled
increased suddenly
ramped up
pressed on
opened out
nerved
encouraged the growth of
made complex
worked one's way
spruced up
scaled
eked out
increased in
pressed forward
worked on
rearmed
fetched up
lightened
moved onward
subsidised
UK
increased in weight
sent up
envigorated
pointed
covered ground
rallied
straightened up
added on
spiraled upwards
become greater
made stronger
smoldered
US
harshened
turned over new leaf
whetted
took steps forward
nursed
pushed forward
turbocharged
shot
fed up
derived
educed
accented
rounded off
made intricate
spiralled upwards
made richer
conditioned
poured
got better
become strong
become large
rained
provided for
developed quickly
piled
become more powerful
marched on
perked up
stoked up
were successful
was successful
made strong
continued
speeded
added value
taken steps forward
made first rate
prepared
gave substance to
goosed up
polished up
sped
stocked up
moved on
added value to
overrun
extended operations
gained ground
enforced
got on
added fuel to
holp
holpen
gotten higher
overdone
added fuel
added fuel to fire
aped up
went up in price
gone up in price
grown quickly
grew quickly
overran
driven
drove
drave
druv
given substance to
got taller
gotten taller
grown greater
grew greater
grown larger
given strength to
gave strength to
gone sky-high
went sky-high
grown stronger
grew stronger
done well
did well
rose in value
risen in value
gone off
bursten
grew full
became large
gotten to
grown full
became stronger
became strong
gone
went
swollen up
driven up
blown up out of all proportion
blown something out of all proportion
moved ahead
gone forward
shotten
went forth
gone forth
went forward
given a boost to
did up
gave a facelift to
done up
given a lift to
drove forward
driven forward
gave a boost to
given a facelift to
gave a lift to
went from bad to worse
gone from bad to worse
gotten into shape
got into shape
grown up
became better
gotten better
grew up
gotten on
bore fruit
gone great guns
gotten on well
got on well
went great guns
borne fruit
unfurled
disentangled
padded out
played out
transitioned
enlivened
animated
wrought
worked
awakened
panned out
finished
brought alive
more ❯
“Let's
blow up
some balloons for the party.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to explode, or cause to explode, usually into pieces
exploded
detonated
blew
burst
brast
blasted
popped
crumped
erupted
shattered
ignited
smashed
demolished
mushroomed
destroyed
bombed
dynamited
flattened
went off
went bang
went boom
burst apart
split
cracked
banged
ruptured
let go
burst out
set off
put paid to
went up
went up in smoke
torpedoed
broke
brake
boomed
fulminated
flew into pieces
burned up
ruined
wrecked
punctured
crushed
combusted
disintegrated
discharged
fractured
upset
flew open
broke up
flew apart
went off with a bang
blew to pieces
burst open
shot off
blew out
put the kibosh on
snapt
snapped
flashed
blew away
razed to the ground
damaged
blew sky-high
va-voomed
took out
blew to bits
triggered
touched off
fired off
triggered off
flamed up
sparked off
blew to kingdom come
rumbled
broke open
busted open
devastated
blighted
overturned
dashed
nixed
scotched
disabled
banjaxed
impaired
dished
queered
scuppered
powdered
broke down
fragmentized
scrunched
squished
splintered
broke to pieces
busted up
crunched
busted
broke to smithereens
broke into pieces
rived
crushed to smithereens
rove
pulverized
US
fragmented
made mincemeat of
trashed
smashed to smithereens
shivered
blew apart
pulverised
UK
squashed
pranged
did for
rattled
brought to naught
wiped out
brought to nought
wreaked havoc with
blew a hole in
broken
blown
bursten
riven
broken to pieces
broken down
blown apart
blown up
broken to smithereens
broken into pieces
broken up
dismembered
rent
rended
disrupted
severed
divided
fell to pieces
separated
teared
totalled
totaled
crumbled
wasted
nuked
crashed
imploded
smattered
annihilated
blown out
spalled
pashed
pulled to pieces
made hash of
gone off
gone bang
torn
tore
come apart
split up
fell to bits
fallen to bits
extinguished
vaporized
US
decimated
razed
desolated
wracked
exhausted
vaporised
UK
pulled down
rubbed out
perforated
cleaved
wracked up
eradicated
parted
collapsed
cracked open
disunited
cracked apart
finished off
tumbled down
fallen apart
fell apart
came apart
flown into pieces
come to pieces
smashed into smithereens
creamed
done in
tore down
torn down
did in
gone boom
physically broken
physically broke
came to pieces
gone off with a bang
broken into tiny pieces
broke into tiny pieces
flown apart
broke into fragments
broken into fragments
taken out
blown to pieces
blown to bits
more ❯
“He goes over there alone with a suitcase full of dynamite, steps over the Canadian line, and makes a futile, foolish, absurd attempt to
blow up
the bridge.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to rage or become very angry
raged
fumed
seethed
sod
bristled
rankled
raved
erupted
hit the roof
saw red
lost it
went mad
blew a fuse
went berserk
went ape
went crazy
lost your temper
flared up
went wild
blew your top
blew a gasket
went bananas
went ballistic
lost control
went off the deep end
flew off the handle
had a fit
threw a fit
became enraged
got mad
foamed at the mouth
lost your rag
flipped out
ranted and raved
got angry
lost one's temper
went into a rage
breathed fire
frothed at the mouth
went up the wall
became angry
became furious
went into a fury
exploded
hit the ceiling
flipped your lid
burst a blood vessel
flipped
lost your cool
spit feathers
blew one's stack
stormed
freaked out
flew into a rage
steamed
sizzled
foamed
lost your head
went crackers
went through the roof
boiled over
got worked up
threw a wobbly
went spare
went postal
boiled
ranted
went non-linear
became very angry
wigged out
spat feathers
cracked up
angered
lost the plot
burnt
burned
blustered
threw a tantrum
spitted
began to rant and rave
got your dander up
spat
had a cow
got steamed up
smoldered
US
had a conniption fit
smouldered
UK
chafed
got hot under the collar
flipped one's wig
went crook
jumped up and down
got all steamed up
let off steam
blew
flew into a temper
fired up
boiled over with rage
flew into a passion
popped one's cork
lost one's mind
freaked
became irate
champed at the bit
simmered
chomped at the bit
got steamed up about
got hot
raised the roof
got carried away
went snake
blew one's cool
flared
sputtered
fulminated
went nuts
got in a rage
went into orbit
bridled
went psycho
gnashed your teeth
snapt
snapped
yelled
spluttered
scolded
tore into
snapped at
made a scene
worked oneself into sweat
had a tantrum
roared
looked daggers
fretted
screamed
became annoyed
het
heated up
became animated
het up
became impassioned
boiled with rage
became excited
grew vehement
heated
got excited
got annoyed
foamed at mouth
grew passionate
sodden
seen red
gone ballistic
blown a fuse
gone berserk
blown up
flown off the handle
gone off the deep end
gone up the wall
gotten worked up
gotten steamed up
gotten hot
become enraged
gone ape
thundered
gone mad
complained
glowed
become angry
blown a gasket
festered
glowered
bubbled
stirred
smoked
churned
fermented
consumed
gotten angry
gone crazy
gotten mad
blown your top
gone bananas
gone wild
gone into a rage
thrown a fit
blazed
spouted
huffed
stewed
broiled
harangued
shouted
bellowed
protested
yapped
become very angry
become impassioned
become annoyed
blown one's stack
gone psycho
sounded off
become furious
gone non-linear
shot off one's mouth
become animated
gone through the roof
gone crackers
become excited
gone spare
thrown a tantrum
gone into a fury
flown into a rage
torn into
grown passionate
grown vehement
gotten excited
gone into orbit
gone postal
thrown a wobbly
more ❯
“We were playing terribly, and it was obvious that our coach would
blow up
at the next time out.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to arise or break out suddenly
arose
emerged
erupted
broke out
boiled over
flared up
occurred suddenly
started suddenly
commenced suddenly
burst forth
exploded
began
started
blazed up
burst out
burst into
set in
happened
flamed
came to a head
ensued
became active
commenced
appeared
sprang up
occurred
began suddenly
embarked on
blown up
arisen
broken out
dawned
transpired
sprung
materialized
US
developed
originated
developt
actualized
formed
betided
betid
engendered
come to pass
come forth suddenly
come into existence
come off
come forth
come into being
materialised
UK
chanced
begun
sprang
befallen
befell
came into being
came to pass
broken
broke
came forth
brake
came into existence
came off
came forth suddenly
“A huge argument would suddenly
blow up
between the two patrons.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to magnify the importance or significance of
exaggerated
embellished
overstated
overemphasised
UK
overemphasized
US
amplified
inflated
magnified
embroidered
dramatised
UK
dramatized
US
heightened
puffed
emphasised
UK
emphasized
US
built up
played up
made a big thing out of
made a mountain out of a molehill
blew out of proportion
made too much of something
magnified importance
overdid
coloured
UK
colored
US
overplayed
hyperbolized
overestimated
put on
blew up out of all proportion
overdrew
overstressed
catastrophized
stretched
straught
padded
aggrandized
fudged
enhanced
laid it on thick
elaborated
overembellished
gilded
gilt
overrated
hamming up
made a production out of
made a production of
elaborated on
made federal case
dressed up
spread on thick
lay
touched up
expanded
drew the long bow
laid it on
enlarged
lied
made a federal case of
puffed up
pyramided
made a mountain out of
stretched the truth
jazzed up
exaggerated information
enlarged on
romanticised
UK
added detail to
gingered up
added flesh to
went into detail about
falsified
yeasted
varnished
romanticized
US
distended
fleshed out
overelaborated
exalted
misquoted
bragged
hiked
boosted
boasted
fabricated
emphasized too much
misrepresented
misreported
sensationalized
US
play-acted
lay on
tragedized
made a performance of
laid on
acted
executed
sensationalised
UK
performed
showed
melodramatized
presented
expanded on
produced
enacted
played on heartstrings
burlesqued
hammed it up
playacted
played to the gallery
staged
gave color to
played to gallery
splashed
overdramatized
overused
went overboard with
belaboured
UK
did to death
piled on
carried
overvalued
overreached
overtaxed
belabored
US
overworked
pressured
camped up
overloaded
overwrought
fatigued
overburdened
hyped
overtired
overindulged
made a big deal out of something
ran into the ground
made a big thing of
wore yourself out
went too far
drove oneself
made a thing about
pulled the longbow
ran riot
made a big thing about
made a thing of
laid it on with a trowel
wore down
went overboard
strained yourself
talked big
bit off too much
overdone
overdrawn
blown up
blown up out of all proportion
drawn the long bow
overpitched
distorted
oversold
blown out of proportion
corrupted
caricatured
overexaggerated
cooked up
piled it on
big upped
bigged up
added colour
laid it on with a shovel
shot a line
made a drama out of a crisis
maximized
US
laid
overacted
accented
mugged
accentuated
blown something out of all proportion
blew something out of all proportion
labored at
got carried away
pointed up
showed off
intensified
upped
maximised
UK
scammed
romanced
bended
bent
augmented
spun
labored
US
laboured
UK
stressed
strained
gone to extremes
went to extremes
dwelled on
harped on
prettied up
loud talked
piled it on about
laid it on thick about
interlarded
hammed up
laid it on with a trowel about
drawn the longbow
drew the longbow
attached too much importance to
attached too much weight to
laid too much stress on
run riot
filled out
made something out of nothing
made a song and dance about
made a fuss
run into the ground
shown off
span
blew up out of proportion
blown up out of proportion
shown
done to death
gone overboard with
gone into detail about
given color to
allowed too much for
gone over the top about
went on and on about
gone on and on about
went over the top about
driven oneself
worn down
gone overboard
worn yourself out
gone too far
bitten off too much
more ❯
“We don't need to
blow up
this matter any more than it needs to be.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to extol or praise effusively, and typically excessively
glorified
touted
trumpeted
ballyhooed
tub-thumped
cracked up
cried up
praised
big upped
bigged up
laid it on thick
piled it on
spoke well of
gave a puff to
talked up
puffed
boosted
gave a boost
blown up
broadcast
broadcasted
publicized
US
announced
proclaimed
spread
published
declared
promulgated
enunciated
advertised
publicised
UK
blazoned
advertized
heralded
posted
disclosed
released
annunciated
communicated
revealed
divulged
blared
made known
blazed
flashed
sounded
placarded
made public
put out
reported
circulated
imparted
presented
aired
set forth
exposed
displayed
brought to public notice
flaunted
disseminated
put on the map
splashed
advanced
notified
promoted
marketed
plugged
hyped
gave out
given out
told
issued
leaked
distributed
endorsed
transmitted
pitched
stated
showed
pushed
informed
sold
sponsored
drummed
brought to public attention
spread around
shouted from the rooftops
peddled
spread abroad
billed
spruiked
flogged
described
flacked
apprised
huckstered
circularized
US
conveyed
extolled
mentioned
exhibited
advised
merchandised
spotted
circularised
UK
propagandized
US
called attention to
propagandised
UK
run with
beat the drum for
hyped up
banged the drum for
headlined
splattered
celebrated
detailed
unfolded
articulated
expressed
relayed
relaid
voiced
trailered
trailed
shown
related
recounted
unmasked
uncovered
acquainted
blurbed
alerted
documented
narrated
chronicled
recited
beat the drum
built up
made a pitch
spotlighted
spotlit
shouted out
list
gazetted
passed on
plastered
provided details
given a puff to
soft sold
set out
put in print
let in on
let it be known
beaten the drum for
gave publicity to
given publicity to
ran with
given a plug to
gave a plug to
lauded
advocated
exalted
showcased
projected
flourished
honoured
UK
championed
popularized
US
honored
US
backed
recommended
magnified
pronounced
propagated
encouraged
supplied
inscribed
boasted
depicted
hymned
vented
mooted
raised
purveyed
bared
unveiled
blessed
blest
indicated
resounded
delineated
aggrandized
packaged
spilt
spilled
screamed
caroled
US
carolled
UK
preconized
testified
outlined
covered
trafficked in
represented
printed
campaigned for
given notice of
beaten the drum
gave notice of
dealt in
popularised
UK
immortalised
UK
cried
immortalized
US
soft-sold
summarized
US
charted
kept posted
clued in
shared
blabbed
filled in
opened up
gotten on soapbox for
got on soapbox for
puffed up
adumbrated
wired
itemised
UK
itemized
US
cabled
summarised
UK
listed
emblazoned
wrote up
gave the facts
communicated information
come out with
noised abroad
spilt the beans
brought word on
spilled the beans
played up
brought word
made a pitch for
had printed
written up
brought into the open
given the facts
accounted for
talked about
gave an account of
given an account of
tweeted
blazoned abroad
broke
broken
brake
got behind
gotten behind
skywritten
skywrote
billboarded
came out with
given details of
gave details of
blew wide open
blown wide open
gave details
twoten
given an account
gave an account
twote
given details
broken the news
broke the news
spoken well of
given a boost
more ❯
“Packer has taken great pains to
blow up
the benefits of building casinos, but he is off the mark.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to severely reprimand or criticize someone
gave someone hell
admonished
chastised
rebuked
reprimanded severely
berated
castigated
chid
chided
pulled up
remonstrated with
reproached
reproved
scolded
upbraided
censured
criticised
UK
criticized
US
lambasted
lectured
took to task
told off
dressed down
rapped
bawled out
blasted
gave a talking-to
gave someone a telling-off
hauled over the coals
laced into
laid into
pitched into
ragged
carpeted
gave a rocket
gave someone a dressing-down
gave someone an earful
gave someone a roasting
gave someone a rollicking
keelhauled
rapped over the knuckles
read the riot act
ticked off
wigged
bollocked
called down
chewed out
came down hard on
gave someone a caning
let someone have it
rated
reamed out
gave someone a mouthful
gave someone a wigging
gave someone some stick
gave someone what for
had a go at
objurgated
reprehended
trimmed
gave someone a bollocking
gave someone a rating
tore off a strip
sent someone away with a flea in their ear
reprimanded
put on the mat
came down on
gave someone a row
rowed
slapped down
tore into
tongue-lashed
railed at
ranted at
railed against
basted
hammered
blamed
condemned
flayed
jawed
denounced
scored
raked over the coals
gave a piece of one's mind
chastened
jumped on
put down
called on the carpet
cautioned
lit into
reamed
excoriated
railed
slapped someone's wrist
checked
strongly criticized
disciplined
yelled at
slapped on wrist
pummelled
UK
went on at
vituperated
tore a strip off
laid down the law
rapped on knuckles
found fault with
monished
brought to book
nagged
took to the woodshed
reprobated
reviled
drew the line
talked to
gave a going over
told a thing or two
exprobrated
gave tongue-lashing
had words with
lashed
raked over coals
lowered the boom
sent someone away with a flea in his
lessoned
gave the dickens
skinned
denunciated
knocked
panned
dissed
flamed
bagged
gave someone a telling off
tore someone a new one
gave someone a dressing down
criticizes strongly
meted out punishment to
made an example of
picked on
tore down
taught a lesson
visited
attacked
ragged on
tore apart
jawboned
leaned on
sounded off
carped on
trounced
went after
jumped down one's throat
climbed all over
fried
raked
ripped
opposed
zapped
sorted out
spoke to
spoke
counseled
US
gave someone stick
warned
counselled
UK
corrected
came down on like a ton of bricks
spake
pummeled
US
threw the book at
adjured
advised
preached
aspersed
vilified
had someone on the carpet
gave the business
abused
disparaged
cavilled
UK
bit someone's head off
kept after
slated
recriminated
jumped down someone's throat
threaped
expostulated
caviled
US
praught
taunted
torn into
given someone a bollocking
blown up
given a talking-to
given a rocket
given someone a caning
come down on
given someone a row
given someone a wigging
given someone some stick
gone on at
taken to task
taken to the woodshed
given someone a mouthful
given someone a dressing-down
given someone an earful
given someone a roasting
given someone a rollicking
given someone a telling-off
given someone hell
torn off a strip
given someone a rating
given someone what for
given the business
bitten someone's head off
savaged
slammed
harangued
slagged off
bashed
fulminated against
belabored
US
belaboured
UK
pilloried
inveighed against
roasted
cut up
trashed
scathed
rubbished
potshotted
crucified
ripped into
denigrated
run down
bad-mouthed
cast aspersions on
assailed
exprobated
raved at
shouted at
decried
fulminated
smeared
maligned
skewered
blistered
impugned
arraigned
scorched
let fly at
slashed
faulted
let fly
criticizes severely
hit out at
torn a strip off
blew up at
blown up at
called over the coals
curst
cursed
accused
given a piece of one's mind
come down hard on
harassed
slurred
slanged
slagged
dispraised
execrated
deprecated
ran down
pulled apart
derogated
sailed into
vituperated against
pulled to pieces
called to account
insulted
burst out
disapproved
slandered
protested
hit
defamed
caned
calumniated
lammed into
set upon
traduced
ranted
complained
discredited
rollicked
scourged
punished
lashed out at
scorned
inveighed
declaimed
waded into
besmirched
stigmatized
US
contemned
stigmatised
UK
cast a slur on
carped at
annoyed
pestered
remonstrated
mauled
poured scorn on
expressed disapproval of
ostracized
US
ostracised
UK
read out
beat up on
found fault
cut down
cut to the quick
laid out
cussed out
called out
jumped all over
put someone in their place
declaimed against
put up a fight against
slang
spoken to
started on
exploded
lampooned
ridiculed
vilipended
satirized
US
slighted
belittled
earbashed
moralised
UK
moralized
US
cudgeled
US
struck
shellacked
smothered
kept nothing back
derided
slapped
erupted with anger
cudgelled
UK
attasked
offended
accosted
satirised
UK
browbeat
deflated
thundered
growled
riled
cavilled at
disapproved of
feruled
dishonoured
UK
disgraced
dishonored
US
twitted
minimized
US
discounted
libeled
US
libelled
UK
taken apart
took apart
took to pieces
taken to pieces
proscribed
raged
stormed
nitpicked about
persecuted
oppressed
kicked
vociferated
rapped knuckles
lashed into
dressed-down
sledged
chewed
laid on
argued with
hosed
injured
zinged
miscalled
minimised
UK
rejected
fumed
yapped
yelped
bawled
backbitten
backbit
picked holes in
drawn the line
animadverted
rebuffed
incriminated
judged
swore at
sworn at
delivered a tirade to
given a going over
pointed the finger
called to task
lashed out
bagged on
deplored
sounded off to
challenged
cried down
torn apart
tied into
anathematized
picked apart
looked askance
had your knife in
criticized harshly
animadverted on
whipped
objected
called names
gave some stick to
given some stick to
lay out
prosecuted
gotten after
got after
had words
got on
gone after
dumped on
tucked into
criticized hatefully
raged against
impeached
screamed at
worked over
dug into
kicked up a fuss about
protested strongly at
severely reprimanded
charged with
made a protest to
objected to
expostulated about
made a fuss about
brought to account
taken issue with
complained about
remonstrated about
had a word with
showed up
took issue with
complained vociferously about
gave one hell
ranked on
kicked up
burned one's ears
made a stand against
thundered against
disagreed violently with
come down on like a ton of bricks
trash-talked
kicked up a stink about
dragged over the coals
indicted
rapped someone the knuckles
had at
kicked against
cracked down on
made a protest against
rapped across the knuckles
talked with
rounded on
assaulted
opposed strongly
raised objections to
given one hell
complained bitterly about
hitten
stricken
hat
spoken
browbeaten
chewn
lay on
gave comeuppance
given comeuppance
thrown brickbats at
threw brickbats at
given someone a bad press
gave someone a bad press
gave flak to
given flak to
rid
rode
ridden
torn to pieces
tore to pieces
gave a bad press to
given a bad press to
taken down
took down
gave a tongue-lashing
given a tongue-lashing
barked at
gave the devil
given the devil
thrown the book at
given something a bad press
gave something a bad press
given tongue-lashing
given the dickens
blown off
blew off
done a number on
did a number on
taken down a peg
took down a peg
torn down
criticized strongly
given someone a carpeting
gave someone a carpeting
ate out
eaten out
given going-over
gave piece of mind
given piece of mind
gave going-over
given someone stick
given someone a dressing down
given someone a telling off
torn someone a new one
taken great exception to
took a stand against
spoke out against
spoken out against
took great exception to
taken a stand against
given a hard time
gave a hard time
gotten on
gave a black eye
given a black eye
took down a peg or two
taken down a peg or two
given someone a ticking-off
gave someone a ticking-off
given an injunction to
gave an injunction to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to demolish completely
leveled
US
levelled
UK
demolished
destroyed
razed
bulldozed
wrecked
devastated
gutted
pulled down
tore down
bombed
dismantled
unbuilt
laid waste
obliterated
pulverised
UK
pulverized
US
wiped out
broke up
razed to the ground
ruined
wasted
blew to bits
laid waste to
smashed
totalled
totaled
desolated
decimated
shattered
trashed
creamed
ravaged
vaporized
US
vaporised
UK
annihilated
wracked
torpedoed
nuked
knocked down
blew to pieces
toppled
crushed
blasted
felled
sank
fell
broke
brake
took out
reduced to ruins
brought down
rubbed out
flattened
took apart
knocked to pieces
dashed
got rid of
took care of
wiped from the face of the earth
brought to ruin
extinguished
eliminated
incinerated
did in
spoilt
UK
spoiled
US
crashed
dynamited
smote
scourged
took
exploded
smit
marauded
ravished
broke down
spoliated
mutilated
overcame
maimed
messed up
blew sky-high
blown up
torn down
done in
desecrated
eradicated
exterminated
erased
despoiled
expunged
extirpated
wreaked havoc on
effaced
removed
left in ruins
abolished
split
wiped off the map
liquidated
broken
blighted
overwhelmed
busted
marred
sabotaged
upset
devoured
dilapidated
defeated
left desolate
snuffed out
stamped out
canceled
US
cancelled
UK
put out of commission
put paid to
put the kibosh on
quashed
killed
damaged
pillaged
sacked
zapped
scotched
scuppered
depredated
overturned
nixed
destructed
ruinated
impaired
blotted out
reduced
broken up
wrought havoc on
wrought havoc
wiped off the face of the earth
laid in ruins
cracked
burst
splintered
fragmented
disintegrated
shivered
fractured
plundered
beat
slaughtered
massacred
undone
undid
disrupted
deleted
banjaxed
mangled
injured
dished
defaced
fragmentized
botched
battered
smashed to smithereens
finished off
rooted out
blacked out
swept away
cleaned up
taken out
put down
made a mess of
brought to naught
loused up
damaged beyond repair
put out of action
cut a swath through
wracked up
cut down
cast down
fouled up
reduced to rubble
sunken
sunk
broken down
taken apart
wrote off
written off
imploded
prostrated
trampled
ended
squashed
terminated
disassembled
suppressed
excised
benothinged
checked
ransacked
vandalized
US
struck
burnt
burned
lowered
banished
queered
dispatched
executed
butchered
blew
blown
wiped
shipwrecked
avenged
tormented
overthrew
overthrown
raped
pranged
disabled
tumbled
exhausted
rent
scrunched
snapt
crunched
rived
snapped
rended
smattered
raided
disfigured
mullered
wiped off
taken down
took down
blown out
blew out
snuffed
subverted
spilt
unmade
capsized
scattered
spilled
crippled
smashed up
undermined
vandalised
UK
defiled
euchred
bodged
poisoned
cruelled
scrubbed out
depleted
overcome
messed
ripped down
made desolate
did away with
done away with
broken into pieces
broke into pieces
laid low
run onto the rocks
done for
tore up
cleaned out
reduced to nothing
committed genocide
wreaked havoc upon
crushed to smithereens
blown to pieces
struck out
screwed up
teared up
blew a hole in
mowed down
cracked up
dashed to pieces
blew apart
piled up
brought to nothing
scratched out
did for
blown a hole in
blown apart
brought about the downfall of
killed off
blown to bits
bursten
brast
beaten
stricken
riven
rove
burned away
burnt away
smited
taken
smitten
lay low
blew away
blown away
ran onto the rocks
gotten rid of
took away
taken away
torn to pieces
tore to pieces
threw down
thrown down
blew down
blown down
blown sky-high
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for lose one's cool
flipped one's wig
blew a gasket
blew one's cool
blew your top
flipped
flipped out
flipped your lid
went bananas
went off the deep end
hit the ceiling
popped one's cork
wigged out
Verb
▲
Past tense for to give greater praise than due
overrated
overestimated
overvalued
glorified
overprized
oversold
magnified
overpraised
assessed too highly
exaggerated
exceeded
overassessed
overesteemed
overreckoned
rated too highly
thought
exaggerated the worth of
built up
praised too highly
prized too highly
attached too much importance to
exaggerated the merits of
made too much of something
thought too highly of
thought too much of
expected too much of
Verb
▲
Past tense for to bombard with bombs or artillery
bombed
bombarded
blitzed
shelled
cannonaded
torpedoed
attacked
strafed
battered
assaulted
blasted
pounded
barraged
leveled
US
levelled
UK
flattened
raided
raked
napalmed
pranged
blew to bits
opened fire on
blew sky-high
dropped bombs on
fired upon
rained destruction
Verb
▲
Past tense for to make (something) appear larger, typically by means of a (device with a) lens
magnified
zoomed
focused
focussed
zoomed in
Verb
▲
Past tense for to diminish the confidence or courage of
demoralised
UK
demoralized
US
disheartened
discouraged
daunted
dispirited
unnerved
shook
dejected
depressed
undermined
unmanned
dismayed
weakened
sapped
crushed
enfeebled
chilled
cowed
devitalized
disconcerted
enervated
frustrated
rattled
subdued
threw
cast down
disempowered
abashed
crippled
damped
dampened
debilitated
deflated
disarranged
discountenanced
disordered
disorganized
US
disparaged
disturbed
embarrassed
jumbled
muddled
nonplussed
snarled
unglued
unsettled
unzipped
upset
brought low
knocked sideways
blew out
got to
knocked for six
sent up
took apart
psyched out
took steam out
knocked the stuffing out of
Verb
▲
Past tense for set on fire
ignited
lit
lighted
fired
kindled
inflamed
burned
burnt
torched
enflamed
enkindled
set alight
awakened
caught fire
detonated
setted burning
stirred
burst into flames
set fire to
set on fire
touched off
caught light
fired up
went off
started up
flared up
put match to
set a match to
took fire
fanned the flames of
went up in flames
put a match to
burst out
flamed
combusted
incinerated
smoldered
US
blazed
smouldered
UK
exploded
fumed
burned violently
flared
burned up
burned unsteadily
blown up
gone off
taken fire
gone up in flames
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to cause to become angry
angered
enraged
annoyed
incensed
infuriated
provoked
galled
irritated
maddened
exasperated
vexed
vext
displeased
piqued
riled
aggravated
antagonised
UK
antagonized
US
inflamed
nettled
outraged
irked
excited
offended
ruffled
fretted
hassled
miffed
peeved
put out
affronted
agitated
bugged
narked
needled
bristled
drove crazy
drove mad
enflamed
gravelled
UK
graveled
US
ired
madded
rankled
roiled
ticked off
burned up
chafed
crossed
empurpled
goaded
grilled
acerbated
aroused
baited
boiled
burned
burnt
crazed
embittered
exacerbated
rubbed up the wrong way
steamed up
drove up the wall
got at
got someone
teed off
egged on
got across
got on your nerves
got your back up
hacked off
raised hell
stirred up
wound up
got in your hair
got your dander up
gave someone the pip
lost one's temper
made someone see red
made sore
made your blood boil
put your back up
got on one's nerves
got on your wick
got under your skin
got up someone's nose
got your goat
made somebody's hackles rise
rattled someone's cage
ruffled one's feathers
Verb
▲
(
puff up
)
Past tense for to promote with exaggerated or false praise
puffed
promoted
advertised
advertized
publicised
UK
publicized
US
hyped
plugged
pushed
commended
endorsed
recommended
merchandised
overpraised
praised
ballyhooed
built
cried
bigged up
big upped
cracked up
gave publicity to
hyped up
beat the drum for
gave a puff to
put in a good word for
Verb
▲
Past tense for to disprove a statement, theory or belief
exploded
disproved
refuted
discredited
invalidated
belied
debunked
repudiated
negated
denied
gainsaid
punctured
rebutted
contradicted
controverted
exposed
quashed
confuted
demolished
nullified
ridiculed
challenged
deflated
discarded
negatived
shot down
picked holes in
proved impossible
put paid to
shot full of holes
cut down to size
shot down in flames
blew sky-high
knocked the bottom out of
proved wrong
drove a coach and horses through
gave the lie to
blew out of the water
set aside
confounded
disconfirmed
falsified
broke
brake
overthrew
contravened
impugned
overturned
busted
traversed
weakened
made a nonsense of
threw out
knocked bottom out of
poked holes in
knocked props out
called into question
blew sky high
proved false
tore down
showed to be false
found unfounded
shot holes in
disproven
blown sky-high
blown up
proven wrong
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given the lie to
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proved to be false
countered
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backpedalled
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retracted
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Past tense for to become excitedly upset or angry
bristled
fumed
seethed
sod
raged
stormed
boiled
spitted
spat
bridled
flared
objected
recoiled
resented
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swelled
swoll
saw red
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cracked
crazed
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unhinged
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locoed
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flipped out
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lost it
wigged out
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blew your mind
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brake
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crumbled
split
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rived
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foundered
subsided
fell
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failed
dispersed
disunited
folded
disbanded
dismantled
detached
disconnected
disimproved
disorganized
US
sank
tainted
turned
broke up
gave way
caved in
came apart
fell to pieces
fell apart
broke apart
fell to bits
flew apart
blew apart
went to pieces
went belly-up
went to rack and ruin
faded away
took apart
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turned to dust
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