Blown-up
(of a picture, photograph, image, etc.) enlarged.
damaged or destroyed by demolition, explosion, etc.:
blown-up bridges.
(of a ball, balloon, etc.) inflated.
overexpanded; unduly large:
a blown-up sense of importance.
Contemporary Examples
At the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, a Steady Drip of Toxic Trouble Eric Nusbaum February 23, 2013
The 9/11 Scam: New York’s Disability Disgrace Michael Daly January 7, 2014
How I Got Interrogated by the Bushies John Avlon January 14, 2009
Historical Examples
Best Stories of the 1914 European War Various
Our Part in the Great War Arthur Gleason
The Secrets of a Kuttite Edward O. Mousley
Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
A Diary Kept by Mrs. R. C. Germon, at Lucknow, Between the Months of May and December, 1857 Maria Vincent Germon
Through the Yukon Gold Diggings Josiah Edward Spurr
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society Upton Sinclair
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- Blowoff
a current of escaping surplus steam, water, etc.: The safety valve released a violent blowoff from the furnace. a device that permits and channels such a current. Slang. a person who brags or boasts; a blow-hard. a temporary, sudden surge, as in prices: The Federal Reserve Board’s credit tightening could cause a blowoff in interest […]
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a sudden bursting or rupture of an automobile tire. a sudden or violent escape of air, steam, or the like. a hollow formed in a region of shifting sands or light soil by the action of the wind. an uncontrollable escape of oil, gas, or water from a well. Aeronautics, flame-out. Slang. a lavish party […]
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blowzy. having a coarse, ruddy complexion. disheveled in appearance; unkempt. Historical Examples At the Sign of the Cat and Racket Honore de Balzac Tatterdemalion John Galsworthy The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh William Makepeace Thackeray The English Orphans Mary Jane Holmes Bunner Sisters Edith Wharton One-Act Plays Various The Works of Robert […]