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verb
exaggerate or make bigger
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amplify expand inflate

type of:
increase
verb
make large
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"blow up an image"

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enlarge magnify

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reduce

type of:
increase
verb
cause to burst with a violent release of energy
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detonate explode set off

type of:
change integrity
verb
add details to
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aggrandise aggrandize dramatise dramatize embellish embroider lard pad

type of:
overstate hyperbolise amplify overdraw hyperbolize magnify exaggerate
verb
to swell or cause to enlarge
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puff puff out puff up

type of:
intumesce swell swell up tumefy tumesce
verb
fill with gas or air
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inflate

type of:
expand
verb
burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
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detonate explode
verb
get very angry and fly into a rage
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blow a fuse blow one's stack combust flip one's lid flip one's wig fly off the handle go ballistic have a fit have kittens hit the ceiling hit the roof lose one's temper throw a fit

type of:
rage

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