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"ref": "2011, Cochrane, John H., “Determinacy and Identification with Taylor Rules”, in Journal of Political Economy, volume 119, number 3, page 606:",
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"ref": "2023 May 17, Paul Clifton, “Building bridges to Ukraine...”, in RAIL, number 983, page 31:",
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"ref": "2007, “Fucc & Git Up”, in DZ (lyrics), Sleepless City Livin, performed by DZ ft. Gangsta Nutt, from 1:59:",
"text": "I am the man\n So I’m sitting in the VIP\nwith my mains\nWe twisted up some Crip\nbut I am ready to dip\nto the telly with my relly\ncuz these fuckin git up chicks keep blowin up my celly.",
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{
"ref": "2009, RM Johnson, Why Men Fear Marriage: The Surprising Truth Behind Why So Many Men Can't Commit, →ISBN:",
"text": "Don't let them sabotage a possible good thing by blowing up your phone while you're in the middle of a hot date with nonsense like, “Jason keeps asking for a Popsicle before bed. Do you think it's okay that I give him one?”",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2011, Jaime Reed, Living Violet, →ISBN, page 67:",
"text": "Dad sure knew how to kill a mood. He had blown up my phone all day, ensuring that I didn't back out of our agreement.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Chris Hicks, Ebony Chronicles of Elevation, volume 1, →ISBN, page 181:",
"text": "Not knowing the whereabouts of his daughter, Tavon blew up her phone without once getting a response.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2013, Michelle McKinney Hammond, The Real Deal on Love and Men, →ISBN:",
"text": "He has never officially said that we are in a relationship, but he blows up my phone night and day, always wanting to know where I am.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2014 September 11, Alexis Petridis, quoting Kelly Brook, “A freedom fighter for our time: Kelly Brook will not be silenced over Danny Cipriani”, in The Guardian:",
"text": "“Danny Cipriani is blowing up my phone saying: ‘I’m going to sue you’,” she said, shortly before announcing her willingness to go to prison over the issue.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2015, Kacey Musgraves, (Please provide the book title or journal name):",
"text": "They're blowing up our phones, asking where we are / Just say we're almost there; we ain't even in the car",
"type": "quote"
}
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[
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[
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[
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{
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{
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{
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"ref": "1992, Ice Cube (lyrics and music), “It Was A Good Day”, in The Predator:",
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"text": "to blow someone up with flattery",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:",
"text": "blown up with high conceits engendering pride",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up."
],
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[
"inflate",
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"pride",
"pride"
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"self-conceit",
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"puff up"
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],
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"dated",
"transitive"
]
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"English dated terms",
"English terms with collocations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
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{
"text": "to blow up a contention",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To excite."
],
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[
"excite",
"excite"
]
],
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"(transitive, dated) To excite."
],
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"dated",
"transitive"
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},
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"English dated terms",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
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{
"ref": "1807, The Port Folio, page 313:",
"text": "[…] did not choose to comply with her wishes. Upon which Mrs. Basset, in the language of the Old Bailey, nabbed the rust; insisted upon some liquor, would not quit the house without it, and began to blow up the hostess and blast the rose.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "1871, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], chapter 13, in Middlemarch […], volume I, Edinburgh, London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book II:",
"text": "#*: I have blown him up well — nobody can say I wink at what he does.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To scold violently, blow up at."
],
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[
"scold",
"scold"
],
[
"violently",
"violently"
]
],
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"(transitive, dated) To scold violently, blow up at."
],
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"dated",
"transitive"
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},
{
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"en:Sports"
],
"glosses": [
"To blow the whistle."
],
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[
"sports",
"sports"
],
[
"blow",
"blow"
],
[
"whistle",
"whistle#Noun"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(sports) To blow the whistle."
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English intransitive verbs",
"en:Cycling"
],
"glosses": [
"To succumb to oxygen debt and lose the ability to maintain pace in a race."
],
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[
"cycling",
"cycling#Noun"
],
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"succumb",
"succumb"
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[
"oxygen debt",
"oxygen debt"
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[
"pace",
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[
"race",
"race#Noun"
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],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, cycling) To succumb to oxygen debt and lose the ability to maintain pace in a race."
],
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"intransitive"
],
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"cycling",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"sports"
]
},
{
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"English slang",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2024 May 29, “AskProgramming”, in Reddit:",
"text": "I blew up another department's API servers – did I screw up or should they have more protections?",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To overwhelm through unexpectedly high demand, activity, usage, traffic volume, etc."
],
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"overwhelm",
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"demand",
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"activity",
"activity"
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"usage",
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[
"traffic",
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"volume",
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"(transitive, slang, said of a device or machine) To overwhelm through unexpectedly high demand, activity, usage, traffic volume, etc."
],
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"said of a device or machine"
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{
"word": "break#Verb"
},
{
"word": "deadlock#Verb"
},
{
"word": "knock over"
},
{
"word": "kill#Verb"
},
{
"word": "overload#Verb"
},
{
"word": "max out"
},
{
"word": "take down"
},
{
"word": "take out"
}
],
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"slang",
"transitive"
]
},
{
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"English slang",
"English terms with quotations",
"English transitive verbs",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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{
"ref": "2007, “Fucc & Git Up”, in DZ (lyrics), Sleepless City Livin, performed by DZ ft. Gangsta Nutt, from 1:59:",
"text": "I am the man\n So I’m sitting in the VIP\nwith my mains\nWe twisted up some Crip\nbut I am ready to dip\nto the telly with my relly\ncuz these fuckin git up chicks keep blowin up my celly.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2009, RM Johnson, Why Men Fear Marriage: The Surprising Truth Behind Why So Many Men Can't Commit, →ISBN:",
"text": "Don't let them sabotage a possible good thing by blowing up your phone while you're in the middle of a hot date with nonsense like, “Jason keeps asking for a Popsicle before bed. Do you think it's okay that I give him one?”",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2011, Jaime Reed, Living Violet, →ISBN, page 67:",
"text": "Dad sure knew how to kill a mood. He had blown up my phone all day, ensuring that I didn't back out of our agreement.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2012, Chris Hicks, Ebony Chronicles of Elevation, volume 1, →ISBN, page 181:",
"text": "Not knowing the whereabouts of his daughter, Tavon blew up her phone without once getting a response.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2013, Michelle McKinney Hammond, The Real Deal on Love and Men, →ISBN:",
"text": "He has never officially said that we are in a relationship, but he blows up my phone night and day, always wanting to know where I am.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2014 September 11, Alexis Petridis, quoting Kelly Brook, “A freedom fighter for our time: Kelly Brook will not be silenced over Danny Cipriani”, in The Guardian:",
"text": "“Danny Cipriani is blowing up my phone saying: ‘I’m going to sue you’,” she said, shortly before announcing her willingness to go to prison over the issue.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2015, Kacey Musgraves, (Please provide the book title or journal name):",
"text": "They're blowing up our phones, asking where we are / Just say we're almost there; we ain't even in the car",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To overwhelm through unexpectedly high demand, activity, usage, traffic volume, etc.",
"(said of a cell phone, pager, or other personal communication device) To bombard with a large number of calls, texts, or notifications, to the point of rendering temporarily unusable or exasperating the recipient."
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"cell phone",
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"pager",
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"communication",
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],
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"device",
"device"
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"bombard",
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],
[
"call",
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],
[
"text",
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],
[
"notification",
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[
"unusable",
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"exasperating",
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"(transitive, slang, said of a device or machine) To overwhelm through unexpectedly high demand, activity, usage, traffic volume, etc.",
"(especially) (said of a cell phone, pager, or other personal communication device) To bombard with a large number of calls, texts, or notifications, to the point of rendering temporarily unusable or exasperating the recipient."
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"said of a device or machine"
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"word": "break#Verb"
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{
"word": "deadlock#Verb"
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{
"word": "knock over"
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{
"word": "kill#Verb"
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{
"word": "overload#Verb"
},
{
"word": "max out"
},
{
"word": "take down"
},
{
"word": "take out"
}
],
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"especially",
"slang",
"transitive"
]
},
{
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"English intransitive verbs",
"English slang",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"text": "There were so many incoming enemy planes that our monitoring and notification system blew up before the base was even able to respond.",
"type": "example"
}
],
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"To be overwhelmed by unexpectedly high demand, usage, activity, traffic volume, etc."
],
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"overwhelm",
"overwhelm"
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],
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"(intransitive, slang, said of a device or machine) To be overwhelmed by unexpectedly high demand, usage, activity, traffic volume, etc."
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],
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{
"word": "break#Verb"
},
{
"word": "deadlock#Verb"
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"word": "overload#Verb"
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{
"word": "max out"
}
],
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"slang"
]
},
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"English slang",
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"ref": "1992, Ice Cube (lyrics and music), “It Was A Good Day”, in The Predator:",
"text": "Halfway home, and my pager's still blowin' up",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"To be overwhelmed by unexpectedly high demand, usage, activity, traffic volume, etc.",
"(said of a cell phone, pager, or other personal communication device) To receive a large number of calls, texts, or notifications, to the point of being rendered temporarily unusable or exasperating the recipient."
],
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"overwhelm",
"overwhelm"
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],
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"(intransitive, slang, said of a device or machine) To be overwhelmed by unexpectedly high demand, usage, activity, traffic volume, etc.",
"(especially) (said of a cell phone, pager, or other personal communication device) To receive a large number of calls, texts, or notifications, to the point of being rendered temporarily unusable or exasperating the recipient."
],
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"said of a device or machine"
],
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"word": "break#Verb"
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{
"word": "deadlock#Verb"
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{
"word": "overload#Verb"
},
{
"word": "max out"
}
],
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"especially",
"intransitive",
"slang"
]
},
{
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"English colloquialisms",
"English slang",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Don't go in there...I really blew it up.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To cause a malodorous smell by flatulation, defecation, etc."
],
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[
"malodorous",
"malodorous"
],
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"smell",
"smell#Noun"
],
[
"flatulation",
"flatulation"
],
[
"defecation",
"defecation"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(slang, colloquial) To cause a malodorous smell by flatulation, defecation, etc."
],
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"colloquial",
"slang"
]
},
{
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"English intransitive verbs",
"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "A storm is blowing up in the north.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To begin; to gather; to form."
],
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"(intransitive, of a storm) To begin; to gather; to form."
],
"raw_tags": [
"of a storm"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English dated terms",
"English intransitive verbs",
"English slang"
],
"glosses": [
"To use an intoxicating drug; to get high."
],
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[
"intoxicating",
"intoxicating"
],
[
"get high",
"get high"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, slang, dated) To use an intoxicating drug; to get high."
],
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"dated",
"intransitive",
"slang"
]
}
],
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"audio": "En-au-blow up.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/03/En-au-blow_up.ogg/En-au-blow_up.ogg.mp3",
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "paytʻecʻnel",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "պայթեցնել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "trakʻacʻnel",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "տրաքացնել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "gmpʻcʻnel",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "գմփցնել"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "partlatmaq"
},
{
"code": "chr",
"lang": "Cherokee",
"roman": "atasgisdiha",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "ᎠᏔᏍᎩᏍᏗᎭ"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhàdiào",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "炸掉"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bàopò",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "爆破"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "sprænge i luften"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "eksplodigi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "räjäyttää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "faire sauter"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "apetkeba",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "აფეთქება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "sprengen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anatinázo",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "ανατινάζω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "potséts",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "פוצץ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "felrobbant"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "revittää"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "pléasc"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "saltare in aria"
},
{
"alt": "ばくはする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bakuha suru",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "爆破する"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "pokpahada",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "폭파하다"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "delbelex",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "дэлбэлэх"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tesrex",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "тэсрэх"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "wysadzać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "explodir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "arunca în aer"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "exploda"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzryvátʹ",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "взрыва́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzorvátʹ",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "взорва́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "explotar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "spränga"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "havaya uçurmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidryváty",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "підрива́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pidirváty",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "підірва́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vysádžuvaty v povítrja",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "виса́джувати в пові́тря"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výsadyty v povítrja",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ви́садити в пові́тря"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to explode (transitive)",
"word": "nổ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "paytʻel",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "պայթել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "trakʻel",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "տրաքել"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "gmpʻal",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"tags": [
"informal"
],
"word": "գմփալ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "partlamaq"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "zhàdiào",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "炸掉"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "springe i luften"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "eksplodere"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "eksplodi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "räjähtää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "posahtaa"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "explodieren"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anatinázo",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "ανατινάζω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hitpotséts",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "התפוצץ"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "felrobban"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "reppiä"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "pléasc"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "esplodere"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "saltare in aria"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "bakuhatsu suru",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "爆発する"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "wybuchać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "explodir"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "exploda"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzryvátʹsja",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "взрыва́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzorvátʹsja",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "взорва́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "explotar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "explodera"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"word": "havaya uçmak"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vybuxáty",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "вибуха́ти"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výbuxnuty",
"sense": "to explode (intransitive)",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "ви́бухнути"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to suddenly get very angry",
"word": "partlamaq"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to suddenly get very angry",
"word": "räjähtää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to suddenly get very angry",
"word": "exploser"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "to suddenly get very angry",
"word": "uhea utungu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to inflate",
"word": "paisutella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to inflate",
"word": "gonfler"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "to inflate",
"word": "enflâ"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to inflate",
"word": "aufblasen"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "phusáō",
"sense": "to inflate",
"word": "φυσάω"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to inflate",
"word": "felfúj"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to inflate",
"word": "gonfiare"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to inflate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pompować balon"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to inflate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "napompować balon"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to inflate",
"word": "encher"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naduvátʹ",
"sense": "to inflate",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "надува́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nadútʹ",
"sense": "to inflate",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "наду́ть"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to inflate",
"word": "inflar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to inflate",
"word": "blåsa upp"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to inflate",
"word": "şişirmek"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to enlarge",
"word": "forstørre"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to enlarge",
"word": "suurentaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to enlarge",
"word": "agrandir"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to enlarge",
"word": "vergrößern"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kakudai suru",
"sense": "to enlarge",
"word": "拡大する"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to enlarge",
"word": "ampliar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uveličivatʹ",
"sense": "to enlarge",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "увеличивать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "približatʹ",
"sense": "to enlarge",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "приближать"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to enlarge",
"word": "förstora"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to enlarge",
"word": "büyütmek"
}
],
"word": "blow up"
}
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